A 33-year old Chinese woman will be among the three-person team on board the Shenzhou-9 speacecraft which will perform a highly technical procedure aimed at giving the country a permanent space station by 2020| Submit your comments on this article |
| China-Japan-Koreas |
| China to send first woman into space: Xinhua |
| 2012-06-16 |
| [Al Ahram] A 33-year old Chinese woman will be among the three-person team on board the Shenzhou-9 speacecraft which will perform a highly technical procedure aimed at giving the country a permanent space station by 2020 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 US has been sending ladies up for some time. I think the soviets sent the first up in the 70s. This isnt really news compared to the flight itself. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-06-16 19:33 |
| #2 Will they let her return to earth or is this China's newest way of keeping their female population as low as possible? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-06-16 18:12 |
| #1 Photos. In the meantime, NASA is experimenting with glue. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-06-16 15:17 |