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taikonauts

Good News Everyone!

China’s First Woman Astronaut Triumphantly Returns From Space

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 2:47 pm, June 29th, 2012

Remember Liu Yang, China’s first female taikonaut, who blasted off into space earlier this month? She returned to Earth today when the the Shenzhou-IX spacecraft landed safely in Inner Mongolia at 10:05 local time (02:05 GMT).

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Today in Boobs

As China’s First Woman Sits In Space, Sally Ride Celebrates The 29th Anniversary Of Her Mission

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:08 am, June 18th, 2012

We were thrilled to bring you the news last week that China had chosen Liu Yang as their first woman astronaut. Read on for details about the launch, which coincidentally enough, happened very close to the anniversary of trail blazer Sally Ride’s first space mission. 

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Firsts

China Finally Announces Their First Female Astronaut: Fighter Pilot Liu Yang

by Jamie Frevele | 2:43 pm, June 15th, 2012

Finally, a decision! After what seemed like a lot of waffling and delays, China’s space program has finally announced the name of their first female taikonaut: fighter pilot Liu Yang! Beating out Captain Wang Yaping, the 33-year-old captain will board the Shenzhou 9 this weekend and make Chinese history. Not bad for a girl from a working-class background who is known for her “nerves of steel”!

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To Boldly Go

China Sending Their First Women To Space Is Even Closer To Reality

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:15 pm, March 12th, 2012

Back in December, we brought you the news that the identities of the possible first Chinese women taikonauts (their word for astronauts) may have inadvertently leaked thanks to a stamp collector in Germany. Now we’ve got some more concrete proof as an unspecified number of women have passed through to final training for the space mission. 

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Meanwhile...

A Possible Philatelic Blunder May Have Revealed China’s First Woman in Space

by Susana Polo | 2:05 pm, December 9th, 2011

To be serious about China for a bit, the country has been playing close to the vest with information about its space program and its taikonauts (and isn’t that a great word for astronaut?). So frankly the last thing we’d expect is for the identity of the first Chinese woman to make it above the atmosphere to have been revealed by curious stamp collectors!

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