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17:40, June 10, 2013

Wang Yaping (Photo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, June 10 (Xinhua) -- 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.




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