China sends first woman into space
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China launched its most ambitious space mission yet on Saturday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board for more than a week.
Female astronaut Liu Yang, 33, and two male crew members, mission commander and veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng, 45, and newcomer Liu Wang, 43, are to dock the spacecraft with a prototype space lab launched last year in a key step toward building a permanent space station. All three are experienced pilots and officers in the Chinese air force. (AP)
