Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang tries a bite on his food in the orbit module
of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, in this video grab taken on Sept. 26, 2008. The Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, which blasted off at 9:10 p.m. Thursday
at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, has
functioned well as planned.
BEIJING, Sept. 26 -- The sun always rises. Twenty-four hours
into their space adventure, the three Chinese taikonauts on board the Shenzhou-7
spaceship have witnessed sunrise and sunset for 16 times in their
680,000-kilometer journey.
Despite a challenging mission slated on Saturday -- the nation's first attempt on a space walk, the trio, Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng, kept "quite relaxed and spirited" since they were sent into orbit at 9:10 p.m. Thursday, officials with the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.
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