VIDEO: China puts female astronaut in orbit
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 02:00
in Astronomy & Space
China's Shenzhou-9 capsule docks with the Tiangong-1 space lab with 33-year-old Liu Yang - the country's first female astronaut - on board.
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