The Associated Press reports this morning ...China has successfuly launched a rocket that will put a three-man crew into space to carry out the country's first spacewalk.
The rocket blasted off Thursday night in northwestern China, beginning the country's most challenging mission since it first launched a person into space in 2003.
The spacewalk by one of the astronauts is expected to take place either on Friday or Saturday.
It is expected to help China develop the technology for docking two orbiters to create China's first space station in the future.
Image note: In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, the Shenzhou 7 manned space craft launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. China launched the space craft that will put a crew of three men into space, including one who will make the country's first spacewalk. Photo via Associated Press.
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