This undated photo shows Liu Yang, 34, one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China's first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space ...

Liu Yang, a 34-year-old air force pilot, and two male astronauts launched aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft and docked Monday with the bus-size Tiangong 1 space module, orbiting about 200 miles ...

NAPLES, Italy - On June 16, 33-year-old Liu Yang became the first Chinese woman to reach space when she and two male crewmates blasted off aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft. Two days later ...

On board the Shenzhou 9 will be another first: the Sally Ride of China. Liu Yang, a 34-year-old fighter pilot, will become China's first female astronaut to travel into space. After conquering a ...