BEIJING - Three astronauts of the Shenzhou IX mission who conducted China's firstmanned space docking in June have received awards for their service to the country'sspace endeavors.
Jing Haipeng, commander of the Shenzhou IX flight crew, was honored with a second-class aerospace achievement medal. Liu Wang and Liu Yang, who is China's firstfemale astronaut, were both conferred third-class medals.
They were given the awards on Monday at a ceremony, following a decision by theCommunist Party of China Central Committee, the State Council and the CentralMilitary Commission (CMC).
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