China Not Planning to Send Women to Space
Posted on: Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
China's space agency says it is not planning to send women into space in the near future, the government-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
However, Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration, reaffirmed his nation's intent to consider a plan to select woman candidates and train them for space missions.
China has followed a policy of gender equality since New China was founded in 1949, said Sun.
Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei returned safely to Earth Oct. 16, 2003, aboard the Shenzhou-5 after orbiting Earth 14 times on a 21-hour mission, making China the third country after Russia and the United States to send people into space.
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