Ex-factory worker and engineer to make history as one of China’s first space passengers

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Huang Xiaochi, a 73-year-old Chinese entrepreneur and former factory worker and engineer, is set to become one of China's first space passengers aboard the domestically developed CYZ1 spacecraft. Scheduled for a 2028 suborbital mission, she will reach the Kármán line to view Earth from space, marking a historic milestone in China's commercial space sector.

A 73-year-old Chinese female entrepreneur has recently become the 22nd passenger of the domestically developed spacecraft CYZ1. On August 8, Huang Xiaochi was officially designated as passenger No 022 for CYZ1, a project by the commercial space start-up InterstellOr. Huang is scheduled to embark on a suborbital mission aboard the spaceship in 2028, reaching the Kármán line, the widely recognised boundary of Earth’s atmosphere where outer space begins, allowing her to view Earth from that vantage...