Meet Wang Yaping, the first female astronaut to visit China's Tiangong Space Station

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Meet Wang Yaping, the first female astronaut to visit China's Tiangong Space Station​

Wang Yaping, the second female astronaut from China, is likely to join Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu as the Shenzhou-13 crew, which is scheduled to launch on October 16. She would be the first female astronaut to visit the Tianhe Core Module of Chinese Space Station. Wang has flown Shenzhou-10 in 2013. The highlight of that mission was Wang, as the lecturer, with assists from Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang, taught a science session from space for the first time. Wang has kept training and is ready for another flight.