Women in Space
Liu Yang
The 33-year-old made history on June 16, when she became China''s first woman astronaut to blast off into outer space. Liu, a major in China''s air force, was with two other astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft when it lifted off from a remote Gobi Desert launch site. Liu returned to Earth on Friday, capping off China''s longest and most complex space mission, the Associated Press reported.
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