The launch pad of Shenzhou VII spacecraft on Sept 20, 2008. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

Shenzhou VII manned spacecraft blasts off into space at the Jiuquan Sattellite Launch Center, Gansu province, Sept 25, 2008. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

Shenzhou VI manned spacecraft blasts off into space at the Jiuquan Sattellite Launch Center, Gansu province at 9 am on Oct 12, 2005. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]

Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong (L) and Nie Haisheng stand beside the re-entry capsule of China's second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou VI, after landing in Siziwang Banner County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday, Oct. 17, 2005. [Photo/All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and China Intercontinental Press]