Liu Yang (astronaut)
Liu was selected for the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first manned mission to the Chinese space station Tiangong 1, along with Jing Haipeng, the first repeat Chinese space traveller, and Liu Wang. Liu became the first female Chinese astronaut to go into space. The mission was launched on June 16, 2012, 49 years to the day after the first female space traveller, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched. During this manned space mission, Liu performed experiments in space medicine.
Jaleh Daie
Jaleh Daie is an American scientist, educator and entrepreneur. She has worked as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Rutgers University. Daie was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Space Foundation board of directors. She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 1996.