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China's first spacewalk team returns to Earth (AP)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang is helped to get out of Shenzhou-7 re-entry module after its safe landing in Siziwang Banner in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. Zhai conducted the country's first-ever spacewalk in the mission. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)AP - Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule Sunday after a milestone mission to carry out the country's first spacewalk, showing off China's technological know-how and cementing its status as a space power and future competitor to the United States.


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