China space walk: Taikonaut's 'small step' hailed as giant leap for the country

Waving a red national flag at the cameras, a People's Liberation Army colonel stepped out of his orbiter 213 miles above the earth and into the hearts of his nation, becoming the first Chinese man to take a walk into space. It was "a small step by Col. Zhai Zhigang, but a historical leap in China's space dreams," the official commentary said, in a deliberate echo of Neil Armstrong's words as he became the first man to set foot on the Moon. More

(Source: New York Times - Sep 28)