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liu yang -lrb- astronaut -rrb-
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liu yang -lrb- astronaut -rrb-

liu yang -lrb- ; born october 6 , 1978 -rrb- is a chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission shenzhou 9 .
on 16 june 2012 , liu became the first chinese woman in space .
