On This Day in History June 16, 2012: The first Chinese woman astronaut Liu Yang goes into space as
On This Day in History June 16, 2012: The first Chinese woman astronaut Liu Yang goes into space as part of the Shenzhou 9 mission that rendezvous and docked with the Chinese space module Tiangong 1.
Yang also holds the distinction of being the first Chinese woman in orbit and the first to step aboard a space station. She would spend a total of 12-days in outer space. This would be her only mission in Space for the Chinese National Space Administration (CSNA.)
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