On this day in 2013, Wang Yaping became the second Chinese woman astronaut

On this day in 2013, Wang Yaping became the second Chinese woman astronaut

Photo: Wang Yaping, 2021. China News Service/ CC BY 3.0


On this day in 2013, Wang Yaping became the second Chinese woman astronaut as a member of the Shenzhou 10 spaceship crew, which orbited the Earth. Previously an Air Force transport pilot, she later became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. In April 2022, she set a new record for the longest cumulative stay in space by a female Chinese astronaut, totaling 197 days.


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