China chooses first women astronauts (AFP)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Business with Comments Off

China's Shenzhou VI manned mission into space carrying two astronauts, lifts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, in China's Gansu province in 2005. China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.(AFP/Xinhua/File)AFP – China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation’s burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday.


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