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16 Jun. 2012
Jiuquan, China
Soldiers adjust their caps while standing guard at an entrance of the Wentiange, Chinese astronauts' apartment building, in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province, June 16, 2012. China will send its first woman into outer space this week, prompting a surge of national pride as the rising power takes its latest step towards putting a space station in orbit within the decade. Liu Yang, a 33-year-old fighter pilot, will join two other astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft when it lifts off from a remote Gobi Desert launch site on Saturday evening. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY)
