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Shenzhou 10
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UPDATED: June 13, 2013
Wang Yaping
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Female astronaut Wang Yaping is a native of Yantai City in east China's Shandong Province.

Born in 1980, Wang is of Han nationality and holds a bachelor's degree.

Wang was recruited to the People's Liberation Army in 1997 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in May 2000. Currently, she is a major.

In 2010, Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts and was selected to the crew of the Shenzhou-10 space mission in April 2013.

Wang will be China's first astronaut to give lectures to middle and elementary school students while in orbit.

(Xinhua News Agency June 4, 2013)


 
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