There were some red faces at Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, yesterday. Hours before China's eagerly anticipated 3rd manned space mission had left Earth, Xinhua had published on its website an account of the blast off. The agency also quoted a 'conversation' between crew members, reported to have taken place during the spacewalk - which is not expected to take place until Saturday or Sunday.
The web report was taken down after a number of hours. Xinhua has said that the posting had been the result of a 'technical error'.
In the event, the Shenzhou VII rocket carrying 3 astronauts (known as taikonauts) did achieve a successful take off, and will now spend 3 or 4 days orbiting Earth.
The space walk which will be performed by one taikonaut, wearing a space suit made in China, will probably be the most challenging part of the mission.
The launch was much celebrated in China - and crowds even gathered in Hong Kong to watch the launch 'live' on screen at the Space Museum.
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The husband and I are trying to 'do' a book together. I say 'do' rather
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