President Hu Jintao writes name for domestically-made spacesuit

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Source: CCTV.com | 09-29-2008 08:29

China's President, Hu Jintao, has written the Chinese characters for "Feitian" the name of the country's domestically-made spacesuit for extra-vehicular activity.

Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2008, shows two Chinese characters which is written by Chinese President Hu Jintao. The characters are the name for China's domestically-made extra-vehicular activity (EVA)  space suit "Feitian". Feitian, which literally means "flying in the sky" in Chinese, is the name of legendary Buddhist goddess. (Xinhua Photo)

"Feitian" literally means "flying in the sky" in Chinese. And it is the name of a legendary Buddhist goddess. During the Shenzhou-7 space mission, astronaut Zhai Zhigang took China's first-ever spacewalk wearing the "Feitian" spacesuit.

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