After a suspenseful countdown to the launch of what would prove to be a history-making mission, at 9:10 p.m., September 25, 2008, carried atop a Long March II-F rocket, the spacecraft Shenzhou VII blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gansu Province.
Onboard were taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng, all 42 years of age…
In many ways, the earthquake that struck China’s southwestern province of Sichuan on May 12, 2008, was felt around the world. Within a few seconds more than 80,000 lives were ended. After the initial shock, the nation’s people came together as one to mourn those lost and render aid to those who survived......
China’s seventh largest desert, the Kubuqi, located in the northern part of Hangjin Banner of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, offers breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. The magnificent Yellow River and the boundless sands flowing eastward form a huge bow.......
