13/10/2008 - In June 2008, Jin Muchun disclosed more details about the new launch vehicle to the press. According to Liu, the ShenZhou 7 launch would be the last mission undertaken by the CZ-2F. Future flight missions were to be carried out by improved variants with radical modifications. He said that the improvement of the CZ-2F would be implemented in two stages. The first stage of the project aimed to develop a launch vehicle designated CZ-2F/G for unmanned missions, followed by the further improved CZ-2F/H model using the LOX/Kerosene propellant for manned missions in the second stage...
28/09/2008 - ShenZhou 7 is the first flight mission in the second phase of the China Human Spaceflight Programme (Project 921), and the third human spaceflight ever carried out by China. Despite being almost a year later than originally scheduled, the completion of the flight mission has been a major achievement for China’s space programme. The principle goal of the mission, to carry out China’s first extravehicular activity (EVA) mission, was accomplished without major problems...
