China’s new space station to get first woman taikonaut

Who is Wang Yaping? For the month of October, the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft manned space mission from China is expected to include a woman astronaut named Wang Yaping. She china’s second taikonaut to go to space and will be the first woman to inhabit the new space station #Tiangong’s Tianhe module for 180 days. Wang Yaping came onto the scene in 2005, when she was a fairly young and inexperienced pilot. If she does complete a six month stay, as part of the anticipated SZ-13 crew, she will have more time in space than any other Chinese taikonaut. Wang was part of the backup crew for Shenzhou 9; that backup lineup then got the go-ahead for Shenzhou 10. Wang is also known to have been in training earlier this year for space station missions. #ChinaSpace #Tiangong #WangYaping Voiceover: Vikram Barhat Credit: CNSA