On September 25th, 2008, the Shenzhou VII manned spacecraft was successfully launched, which became another milestone in the development history of China's space industry.

On September 27th, 16: 4 1, Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang opened the orbital hatch of the Shenzhou VII manned spacecraft, wearing the "Tian Fei" extravehicular spacesuit developed by China, and made the first extravehicular activity, leaving the footprints of China people in the vast space for the first time.

16: 58, Zhai Zhigang completely returned to the orbital module; 17, the hatch is completely closed; At 0 17: 08+0, the instrument shows that the orbital module is normally closed. China's first spacewalk lasted 19 minutes and 35 seconds.

On September 28th 17: 37, the Shenzhou VII return capsule successfully landed in a predetermined area in central Inner Mongolia. Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng left the cabin safely and independently and returned to the cabin intact. China Shenzhou VII manned space flight was a complete success.

Zhai Zhigang officially became the first astronaut of 1998 1. In 2003, he was selected as the first astronaut in manned space flight, and now he is a special astronaut of the Astronaut Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. During the Shenzhou VII mission from September 25 to 27, 2008, he served as the commander of the spaceship and was the first China man to leave the cabin.

20 18 was awarded the honorary title of "Model of the Times" by the Propaganda Department of the CPC in June. On September 27th, 2008, from 16: 00 to 17: 00, Zhai Zhigang successfully completed China's first extravehicular activity and became the first person in China.

Zhai Zhigang took a small step and made a historic step for China people to explore space. Since then, China has become the third country in the world to master extravehicular activities independently.