Chinese Women will be sent into space next year. One of China's first astronaut in charge of unmanned space program to make sure of that. Like what?
Deputy Director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office said Yang Liwei, after launching the first unmanned mission, Tiangong module-1 and Shenzhou VIII in 2011, two other spacecraft will be launched in 2012. At least one of the two spacecraft will be piloted in 2012 two to three astronauts, said Yang.
As quoted by China Daily, the team leader astronauts Fei Junlong said two female astronauts and five male astronauts were undergoing training to take part in space missions that.
That said, there is the possibility of female astronauts joined the mission in 2012. The second woman was a pilot astronaut People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.
A total of 14 astronauts men recruited in 1997. Fei and Yang also recruited at the time. So far, six male astronauts have flown into space in three different missions.
