China sending first woman in space to test module
China Space
In this photo taken Tuesday June 12, 2012, Chinese astronauts from left., Liu Yang, Liu Wang, and Jing Haipeng, salute during a rehearsal at the launch platform for the Shenzhou-9 space craft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province. China will launch three astronauts, including a mother of one who flies transport planes, to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step toward becoming the only third nation to set up a permanent base in orbit. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT






