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Shenzhou VII was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crewmembers Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese government's Project 921.
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On September 25, [[2008]], around 9:10 pm, [[China]]'s third domestically produced manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou VII, was launched via the Long March II F rocket at [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]].
 
 
The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crewmembers was launched 25 September 2008, by a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The mission lasted three days, after which the craft landed safely in Siziwang Banner in central Inner Mongolia on 28 September 2008. The EVA carried out during the flight makes China the third country to have conducted an EVA, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
 
 
 
 
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[[File:shenzhou.jpg|thumb|300px|This photo shows Shenzhou VII spacecraft, carried by Long March rocket, blast into space.]]
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[[File:shenzhou7.jpg|thumb|300px|Taikonauts aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft: (from left to right) Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming]]

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On September 25, 2008, around 9:10 pm, China's third domestically produced manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou VII, was launched via the Long March II F rocket at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

This photo shows Shenzhou VII spacecraft, carried by Long March rocket, blast into space.
Taikonauts aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft: (from left to right) Jing Haipeng, Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming