China celebrates as space heroes return to Earth

Awkwardly, his huge white space boots fumbling for gravity on the steppes of Inner Mongolia, the first Chinese taikonaut to walk in space returned to Earth today in a picture-perfect voyage hailed by the Communist Party as a triumph for the nation. Zhai Zhigang, commander of the Shenzhou VII – or Divine Vessel – spaceship and China’s first man to step out into space, emerged from the heat-charred craft after 68 hours spinning around the globe. More

(Source: TimesOnline - Sep 28)