Chinese taikonauts (R-L) Liu Boming, Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng wave to people as they set out for the third Chinese manned space mission at the taikonauts' apartment compound of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 25, 2008. China counted down Thursday to its third manned space mission Shenzhou VII which will include the country's first ever space walk. [Xinhua]