Chinese women in space Chinese women in space In 2012, China became the third nation to send women into space with its own space program, after the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States, 49 years after the first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova. Following the successful piloted flight of "Shenzhou 5" in October 2003, China announced plans to send a woman into space as well. Gu Xiulian, president of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), told a gathering that she proposed that women, too, should be trained for space missions after China's first piloted space trip. Initially, the criteria for women to be selected, included having
Woman in Red (comics) coat, hood, and mask. The Woman in Red made her debut in "Thrilling Comics" #2 (March 1940). Comics historian Trina Robbins has identified the Woman in Red as the first masked female crime fighter, preceding such better known characters as Wonder Woman, Phantom Lady, and Mary Marvel, with Fantomah, who debuted one month earlier, being the first female superheroine. While the Woman in Red never made a cover appearance, she continued to appear regularly in issues of "Thrilling Comics". Her last Golden Age appearance was in issue #46 (February 1945). Alan Moore revived the Woman in Red, along with many