Liu Yang draws cheers as first Chinese woman set for space voyage

Friday, June 15, 2012 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

JIUQUAN, China (Reuters) - China will send its first woman into outer space this week, prompting a surge of national pride as the rising power takes its latest step towards putting a space station in orbit within the decade.

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