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Chinese spacewalk mission enters orbit

By WONG WAI-BOR , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration
Chinese astronauts left to right Jing Haipeng Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming during a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Shenzhou 7 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Chinas Gansu province on Thursday Sept. 25 2008.  ...
Chinese astronauts, left to right, Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming during a send-off ceremony before the launch of the Shenzhou 7 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province, on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008. (AP Photo)

(AP) -- China's three-man spacecraft shifted from an oval orbit to a more stable circular orbit 213 miles above Earth on Friday in preparation for the country's first attempt at a spacewalk.




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