Yang Liwei is a Chinese People Liberation Army Air Force pilot who became the first person sent into space by China, flying the Shenzhou 5 mission in October 2003 and completing 14 orbits of the Earth over roughly 21 hours. His flight made China only the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to independently launch a human into orbit using its own launch vehicle and spacecraft. Yang later took on senior leadership roles within the Chinese human spaceflight program.
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1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Yang Liwei
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2. Yang Liwei (Wikipedia)
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1965-06-21
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born 21 June 1965
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People's Republic of China
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Shenzhou 5
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Yang Liwei (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army.
Associated With: China Manned Space Agency, Article text: associated organization
He is currently a vice chief designer of China Manned Space Engineering.
Operated By: People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, Lead: military astronaut
former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army
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