China sends first female astronaut into space
China has sent its first female astronaut into space.
A rocket lifted off from the edge of the Gobi Desert, taking Liu Yang and two male colleagues to the Tiangong space module.
They will test docking technology and spend more than a week working in orbit.
Damian Grammaticas reports.
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