Chinese top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and Zhou Yongkang shake hands with the staff after the successful launch of the Tiangong 1 space lab module at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on September 29. China's first space lab module blasted off at 9:16 p.m. Beijing Time (1316 GMT) on that day at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province as the nation envisions the coming of its space station era in about ten years (XINHUA) |