15 January 2022
Wang Yaping has become the 1st Chinese female taikonaut to have worked in space for more than 100 days. On 11 June 2013, Wang Yaping went to space on the SZ-10 spaceship with taikonauts Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang and returned on 26 June the same year. She went again on mission on 16 October 2021, on SZ-13 together with astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu. On 7 November 2021, she became China's 1st female spacewalker when she took part in the Shenzhou 13 mission's 1st EVA with mission commander Major General Zhai Zhigang.
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