2008年6月12日,中国载人航天工程办公室新闻发言人宣布:神舟七号载人航天飞行任务将于10月择机实施,担负飞行任务的航天员飞行乘组已经确定,3名航天员组成飞行乘组,3名航天员担任候补。任务实施期间,将由飞行乘组中2名航天员进入飞船轨道舱,着舱外航天服完成出舱活动准备,其中1名航天员出舱进行太空行走,并完成有关空间科学实验操作。 On June 12, 2008, the spokesman for China’s Manned Space Engineering Office announced that the Shenzhou-7 manned space mission will be scheduled for implementation in October. The astronaut flight crew on the mission has been identified and three astronauts Flight crew, three astronauts as alternate. During the mission, two astronauts from the flight crew will enter the spacecraft orbital module, and the spacesuit will prepare for the module activity. One of the astronauts will leave space for spacewalk and complete the relevant space science experiment operation.