China sends its first woman astronaut into space

[FarCenter]

China on Saturday launched its most ambitious space mission to date, sending its first female astronaut to the final frontier and bidding to achieve the country's first manual space docking.

Shenzhou-9 -- China's fourth manned space mission -- launched at 6:37 pm (1037 GMT) from the remote Gobi desert in the nation's northwest, state television pictures showed.

The crew was headed by Jing Haipeng, a veteran astronaut who had gone to space twice already. Liu Wang, who has been in the space programme for 14 years, will be in charge of manual docking manoeuvres.

Meanwhile Liu Yang, 33, who has created a stir in the media and online for becoming China's first woman to travel to space, will conduct aerospace medical experiments and other space tests.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120616-china-sends-its-first-woman-astronaut-space

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1. So? We have the McRib.

USA! USA! USA!

[NightWatcher]

2. I guess it's better than how they used to get rid of them

Please tell me you know I'm only kidding














That's a much more expensive way to get rid of them.