Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "4th-Ld: Chinese Taikonaut Debuts Spacewalk"] BEIJING, Sept.

"She is riding like a dream." So said mission commander Walter Schirra as Apollo 7 rocketed into history on Oct. 11, 1968.

By The Associated Press A look at some close calls in space: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ALARM: On Sept. 18, 2006, a faulty oxygen generator caused smoke and led to a spill of a toxic irritant. Astronauts got the situation under control within half an hour.