China's first spacewalk mission, Shenzhou-7, is to be launched as early as 25 September, according to the Chinese government's Xinhua news agency. On 6 September Xinhua reported that the Long March 2F rocket that would launch the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft and its crew of three was to be fuelled on 7 September and rolled out to its launch pad soon after. Shenzhou-7 is China's third manned mission and will see the country's first extra vehicular activity (EVA). The spacecraft will have an additional airlock module from which one astronaut will leave the spacecraft, according to Xinhua.
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