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皇冠体育app's second female astronaut and first teacher in space Wang Yaping?[Photo/Xinhua]

Wang Yaping，born in January 1980, is from East 皇冠体育app's Shandong Province, the hometown of 皇冠体育app's most famous educationist Confucius (551-479 BC). She was a transport aircraft pilot in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.

Besides the space lecture on Thursday, Wang will be responsible for monitoring the conditions of the Shenzhou X spacecraft, space experiments and operation of equipment, among others.

Wang was recruited to the People's Liberation Army in August 1997 and became a member of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app in May 2000. Currently, she is a major.

In May 2010, Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts and was selected to the crew of the Shenzhou X space mission in April 2013. She is 皇冠体育app's second female astronaut being sent into space after Liu Yang who was aboard the Shenzhou IX spacecraft.