The Chinese Manned Space Flight Program says the spacesuit for the Shenzhou 7 mission's spacewalk has passed inspection and is ready.
The home-made spacesuit weighs 120 kilograms and cost about 30 million yuan, or 4.4 million US dollars. The extravehicular spacesuit is now on board the Shenzhou 7 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
(CCTV September 18, 2008)
