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
The Woman Who Lived theories that it is linked to ancient Greek mythology as a way of opening a portal to the afterlife or into space. The next morning, the Doctor finds out that by day, Me is "Lady Me" and lives as a wealthy woman with a servant. He then meets Me's ally Leandro, a leonine alien stranded on Earth who was the artifact's original owner. In return for Me tricking the Doctor into helping him, Leandro has agreed to let her come with him to travel the galaxy. However, in order for the portal to be activated, the artifact requires another person's