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Meet Liu Yang, China’s first woman in space

China’s young manned space program takes a new step today, when the country sends its first woman into space. Liu Yang is a highly skilled fighter pilot, described as having a “cool head”. I don’t know, her head looks pretty normal to me. She’s one of a three member team scheduled to lift off aboard the Shenzhou-9, accompanied by Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang.

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