Liu Yang

The first female taikonaut from China.
Born on October 6, 1978 in Linzhou, Henan Province.
In August of 1997, she entered the Air Force Academy in Changchun, graduating in 2001 as one of a female group of pilots (military transport aviation).
In March of 2012, she qualified and was included into one of two crews for the Shenzhou-9 spaceship. In June, her crew was officially announced to be the main one.