Wang Yaping is used to making history ... Young people should have the courage and persistence to pursue and realize their dreams," Wang says. Wang obtained a master's degree, in mass communication, ...

Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk, according to the national space agency. Wang and fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang ...

CNN sat down with Nie Haisheng, Wang Yaping and Zhang Xiaoguang in the simulation room of China’s “Space City,” and got an exclusive and intimate look at what it takes to be an astronaut in ...

Astronaut Wang Yaping ventured outside China's Tiangong space station for six hours on November 8. She made the spacewalk to install equipment with fellow Shenzhou-13 crew member Zhai Zhigang.

BEIJING — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space station. Fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang left the station ...

BEIJING — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to China’s space station. Wang and fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang left the station ...

The new crew includes Wang Yaping, 41, who is the first Chinese woman to board the Tiangong space station, and is expected to become China's first female spacewalker. "We'll co-operate with each ...

Wang Yaping, 41, will be the first female "taikonaut" — the term China uses for its astronauts — to board the station. She and two male colleagues, commander Zhai Zhigang, 55, and Ye Guangfu ...

During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman. Wang and crewmates Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu beamed back physics lessons for high school students.

Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk, according to the national space agency. Wang and fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang ...