China to Send Its First Woman to Space on June 16
15 Jun 2012, 15:42 UTC
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China will launch a three-person crew on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 10:37 UTC (6:37 a.m. EDT) on board a Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, heading to the Tiangong 1 spacelab. The crew includes Liu Yang, the first female Chinese taikonaut. With her will be Jing Haipeng, the commander and a veteran of two other spaceflights and Liu Wang. This will be the first manned docking to the Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Palace), which was launched in September 2011. (...)Read the rest of China to Send Its First Woman to Space on June 16 (402 words)© nancy for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: China, launches, Shenzhou 9, Tiangong 1 Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
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