The chief designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft system, Zhang Bainan, is quoted as saying China is planning to begin mass production of the spacecraft starting from the Shenzhou 8 mission.

神舟飞船系列的主要设计师被引述说，中国计划从神舟8号开始批量制造太空飞行器。

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The Shenzhou VII spacecraft will lift off from the Jiuquan launch centre at some time between 9:07 pm and 10:27 pm, Wang Zhaoyao, spokesman for China's manned space programme, said.

中国载人航天工程发言人王兆耀表示，神州7号宇宙飞船将于今晚9：07至10：27间在酒泉卫星发射中心择时发射。

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The Shenzhou-VII mission entered the countdown stage after the final check on the spacecraft, the carrier rocket and the ground operation system was completed Tuesday morning.

在对飞船进行最后检查之后，神舟七号计划进入倒计时阶段。 周二早上，运载火箭和地面操作系统已完成对接。

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Analysts believe the Shenzhou spacecraft that China is developing is an enlarged copy of the Soviet-era workhorse - the Soyuz.

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So Russia has since turned its focus on China, which made its first successful manned flight in 2003 aboard the Shenzhou spacecraft and plans to put a capsule on the moon in 2013.

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Technical exchanges of specialists and astronauts would pave the way for developing plans, processes and procedures to allow modification of the Shenzhou spacecraft to rendezvous and dock with the ISS, with joint Chinese, U.S. and Russian crews.

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