Wang Yaping
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Wang Yaping
Chinese female pilot taikonaut, 2010-on. Backup, Shenzhou 9 mission.
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1980 January 27
- Birth of Wang Yaping. - . Related Persons: Wang Yaping. Chinese female pilot taikonaut, 2010-on. Backup, Shenzhou 9 mission. 1 spaceflight, 14.6 days in space. Flew to orbit on Shenzhou 10 (2013)..
2013 June 11
09:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Complex: Jiuquan SLS. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 2F.- Shenzhou 10 - .
Crew: Nie Haisheng,
Wang Yaping,
Zhang Xiaoguang.
Mass: 7,800 kg (17,100 lb). Nation: China.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft: Shenzhou.
Duration: 14.60 days. Decay Date: 2013-06-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 39179 . COSPAR: 2013-029A. Apogee: 337 km (209 mi). Perigee: 333 km (206 mi). Inclination: 42.78 deg. Period: 91.23 min.
Docked with the Tiangong-1 spacelab on June 13 at 05:11 GMT. On June 23 the crew carried out a redocking exercise. They undocked Shenzhou 10 from Tiangong at 00:26 GMT, backed away from the station, and redocked with it at 02:00 GMT. On June 24 the crew undocked for the final time, made a flyaround of the Tiangong station, and then prepared to return to Earth. The deorbit burn was at about 23:23 GMT Jun3 25. The capsule landed in China at 00:07 GMT June 26, at 42.33N 111.36E.