Today, June 16, The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft had a successful lift off, bringing the first Chinese female astronaut into space. Liu Yang became the 56th woman in space exactly 49 years after the first women, Valentina Tereshkova was launched in the Vostok-6.
My congratulations to China and a big Hurray for 49 years of women in space.
Why does everything I consider awesome and inspirational usually have to do with space?
Hooray trailblazers! I love how she (Yang) looks genuinely happy, like she knows how important her flight is to her...
It’s amazing what we’ve accomplished. One day I’ll be on that list of women who have made it into space.
Kudos to these trailblazers!
Spaceflight, to me, is something passed down through generations of people…I am happy to see my generation take over....
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