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On Sept. 25, 2008, China's space program launched its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7.

Three taikonauts blasted off in the Shenzhou spacecraft on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. They spent three days in orbit and conducted the first ever spacewalk for the Chinese space program. They also deployed a mini satellite called Banxing, which was used to take photos and videos of the spacecraft.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2008, China's space program launched its third human spaceflight mission, Shenzhou 7.
00:08Three Taikonauts blasted off in the Shenzhou spacecraft on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
00:14They spent three days in orbit and conducted the first ever spacewalk for the Chinese space program.
00:19They also deployed a mini-satellite called Bangjing, which was used to take photographs and videos of the spacecraft.
00:25And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:28NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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