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Astronauts assemble EVA suit for spacewalk
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-26 16:10

This video grab, taken on September 26, 2008 at the Beijing Space Command and Control Center in Beijing, shows Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng holding a camera, ready to take pictures in Shenzhou VII while two other astronauts are busy assembling the indigenous Feitian extra-vehicular activity (EVA) suit. Astronauts aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, China's third manned spaceship, began to assemble the suit and test its obturation and functions Friday in preparation for the first spacewalk, planned for Saturday afternoon. [Xinhua]