China successfully launches its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_9" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shenzhou 9">Shenzhou 9</a> spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_(astronaut)" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liu Yang (astronaut)">Liu Yang</a>, to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong-1" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tiangong-1">Tiangong-1</a> orbital module.<sup about="#mwt70" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_16#cite_note-12" id="mwAV0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAV4">[12]</span></a></sup>
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