page_title: Chinese women in space
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese women in space
caption_attribution_description: LIU Yang visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 12 August 2012
context_page_description: In 2012, China became the third nation to send women into space with its own space program, after the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States, 49 years after the first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova.
context_section_description: In 2012, China became the third nation to send women into space with its own space program, after the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States, 49 years after the first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova.
caption: Liu Yang, the first Chinese woman in space
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