Chinese astronauts prepare suits for spacewalk

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

In this Aug. 23, 2008 photo released by the Jiuquan Launch Center on Thursday Sept. 25, 2008, Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, center, Liu Boming, right, and Jing Haipeng, left, wave in the cabin during training at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, in China's Gansu province. The three astronauts were launched on China's third manned space mission Thursday Sept. 25, which for the first time will include a space walk. (AP Photo/Color China Photo/Jiuquan Launch Center)

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(AP) -- Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft prepared for the country's first-ever spacewalk on Friday by readying the space suits to be used the following day.

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