China hopes to conduct a spacewalk in 2007 and might recruit women into its next group of astronaut candidates, said Tang Xianming, director of the China Space Engineering Office. He made the comments at a news conference following the successful completion of the Shenzhou 6 space mission, which also signaled the completion of stage one of China's manned space program. While stage one focused on the development of space vehicles, stage two will involve developing ways for astronauts to walk in space and the ability to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft.
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