Hong Kong (CNN)-The first woman assigned to work at the new China Space Station will be on board when the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft take off the early Saturday, local time, in what will be a historical moment for astronauts and theSpace Program in rapid expansion.

Wang YAPing, 41, is part of a three -member team that goes to the Tiangong Space Station, or Celestial Palace, where it is expected to become the first Chinese woman to make a space walk.

China's goal to complete the station and have its full crew for December 2022 is ambitious, but it seems to be on its way.Last month, three other Chinese astronauts successfully completed a three -month stay on board, during which they worked in the central module of the station and made two space walks to install equipment.

Chinese astronaut Wang YAPing attends a press conference the day before the launch, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, on October 14.

This time, the Wang team will remain 183 days, the longest period in the space of Chinese astronauts.The Commander of the Zhai Zhigang Mission, 55, and Ye Guangfu, 41 will accompany her, and 41.

His spacecraft is scheduled to take off the Gobi desert in northwestern China at 12:23 am Beijing time on Saturday (12:23 pm et on Friday), said the Chinese manned space program on Thursday.

The preparations for their stay have been.Last month, a load ship delivered 6 metric tons of food, water, oxygen bottles, space costumes and other needs to the station.

It will be the second spatial mission of Wang, greater in the Air Force of the Popular Liberation Army of China and transport plane pilot that was recruited as an aspiring astronaut in 2010.

In 2013, he spent 15 days in orbit with the Shenzhou-10 mission.From a test space module, he gave a science conference to 60 million students throughout China, showing them the surface tension of liquids in space, making Kung Fu movements and answering questions.

In an interview with CNN in 2015, Wang reported the first moment he looked at Earth from space.

"When I looked out the window for the first time, I realized the true meaning of the power of life...That kind of beauty was beyond understanding, "he said.

According to Wang, a manned space program without women astronauts would be incomplete.

"It's like the role of women in the family.Women have responsibilities.We also make serious missions more animated and pleasant, "he said.

And women crew members also contribute a practical benefit, Wang added."Astronaut women weigh less (than men) and that is cheaper for the mission".

Wang is China's second woman in space, after her partner astronaut Liu Yang.In 2012, Liu made history by joining a crew of three people in the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, a milestone held by women throughout China.

Liu's space mission occurred 49 years after the Soviet Union took Valentina Tereshkova to space, making her the first astronaut woman in the world in outside space.

Astronauts have traveled a long way since Tereshkova made that first trip.According to NASA, until March of this year, 65 women have flown to space, including cosmonauts, astronauts, specialists in useful loads and participants of the space station.

In 1983, Astronaut and Physics Sally Ride became.

While Ride was preparing for his trip in the space ferry STS-7.

"Is 100 the correct number?".

In a concise response, he suggested that this estimate be reduced in half.

Warsha Jain, gynecologist and researcher at the Kings College in London, told CNN that although most human body systems are very affected during space flights, the female menstrual cycle does not seem to change at all at all.

His research found that most astronaut women choose to use contraceptives and suspend their periods, both in preparation and during the space flight.

For missions that last a few weeks, astronauts can use oral contraceptives to tame their cycles accordingly.But Jain said that no investigations have been carried out on the long -term use of contraceptives in space, for missions that last months or even years.

According to Chinese state media, among the supplies sent to the Tiangong Space Station there were 60 bottles of toner, 30 bottles of serum and 30 bottles of facial cream, as well as female hygiene products, all prepared especially for Wang.