china’s first female astronaut goes into space

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1、China’sFirstFemaleAstronautGoesintoSpaceChinalauncheditsfirstspacelabmoduleTiangong-1ontheeveningofSeptember29，2011，attheJiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenterinnorthwesternChina.TheTiangong-1isanewspacecraftmadebyChina.It’sbiggerandheavierthantheShenzhouspaceships，weighingabout8tons.It

2、is10.4meterstall，ashighasa3-storybuilding.Tiangong-1，whichisscheduledtodock（与……对接）withtheShenzhou-8，Shenzhou-9andShenzhou-10spacecrafts，willpave（铺设，安排）thewayforbuildingChina’sfirstspacestation.TheShenzhou-9missionfollowsanunmannedspacedockinglastNovember.TheShenzhou-9mannedspa

3、cecraft（载人飞船），carryingChina’sfirstfemaleastronautLiuYangandtwomaleonesJingHaipengandLiuWang，blastedofffromtheJiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenterinnorthwestChinaat6∶37p.m.onJune，16，2012.ItwillbeChina’sfirstmannedspacedockingmission（对接任务）withTiangong-1spacelab4module.LiuYang，a33-year-o

4、ldairforcemajor，isthefirstChinesewomantoenterspace.Ms.Liusaid，“Iamgratefultothemotherlandandthepeople，IfeelhonoredtoflyintospaceonbehalfofhundredsofmillionsoffemaleChinesecitizens，”accordingtothestate-runXinhuanewsagency.Chinaisonlythethirdnationtolaunchhumansintospace，whichis

5、averyimpressiveachievement.Todate，morethan50womenhavetraveledintospace.FormerSovietUnionastronautValentinaTereshkovabecamethefirstwomaninspaceonJune16，1963.However，spaceexploration，thoughbringingsignificantbenefitstomankind，ishighlyriskyaswell.Accidentshavekilled21astronauts，i

6、ncludingfourwomen.ThereisthemythofancientChinanamedtheChang’sflytothemoon.LingChen，afemaleChinesescientificfictionwriter，seemedtohavemoreimaginativethinking.ShesaidtoXinhuathatshewishedaChinesewomancanbethefirstfemalefromEarthtosetfootonthemoonandthefirsthumanbeingborninspacec

7、anbeaChineseas4well.中国“天宫一号”目标飞行器于2011年9月29日晚在酒泉卫星发射中心发射升空。“天宫一号”目标飞行器由中国制造，比神州飞船重，约8.5吨，高10.4米，与3层楼一样高。“天宫一号”将与“神舟八号”、“神舟九号”和“神舟十号”飞船进行交会对接，为在太空建立中国的空间站打下基础。在发射神舟九号之前，中国于去年11月成功完成了无人交会对接任务。2012年6月16日18时37分，中国第一位女航天员刘洋和同乘组的两名男航天员景海鹏、刘旺搭乘的神舟九号在酒泉卫星发射中心成功发射。它将与“天宫一号”目标飞行器会合，完成中国

8、首次载人空间交会对接任务。33岁的刘洋是一名空军少校，是首位进入太空的中国女性。据中国新华社报道，刘洋曾说：“感谢祖国和人