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From CBC | Technology & Science News:
China's astronauts arrived at their desert launch centre on Sunday to make final preparations for the country's third manned space mission and first to include a space walk.
Three astronauts — or taikonauts, as they are called in China — are scheduled to pilot the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft on the mission, which is scheduled to launch in the next week.
The earliest launch time is set for 9:10 a.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 25.
The three astronauts and their three alternates arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province on Sunday.
The planned spacewalk will be another first for China's manned space program, which has been operating at an accelerating pace in its efforts to catch up with the established programs of the U.S. and Russia.
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