• By Margaret
    Sep 17, 2009 9:40 AM 455
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    China Selects First Female Astronaut Candidates

    China has selected 15 female and 30 male air force pilots as astronaut candidates. The country completed its first spacewalk last year, and its first two female astronauts (along with five men) will attempt three more missions by 2012. [AP]


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