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Yang Liwei is a Chinese astronaut and fighter pilot who holds the rank of major general. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, he was born in Suizhong County in 1965. He received his education at Tsinghua University and speaks Chinese. His name in his native language is 杨利伟.
Liwei served as a member of the crew of Shenzhou 5. During his spaceflight, he spent 1282 units of time in space. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-06-21 ) 21 June 1965 (age 60) , Suizhong , Huludao , Liaoning , China
- Alma mater
- Air Force Aviation University ( BEng ), Tsinghua University ( PhD )
- Current occupation
- Vice Chief Designer, China Manned Space Engineering
- Previous occupation
- People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter pilot
- Status
- Retired
- Rank
- Major general
- Time in space
- 21 hours, 22 minutes, 45 seconds
- Selection
- Chinese Group 1 (1998)
- Missions
- Shenzhou 5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Suizhong County
- Occupation
- fighter pilot
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Yang Liwei.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1965-06-21
- Commons category
- Yang Liwei
- time in space
- 1282
- name in native language
- 杨利伟
- P10632
- Yang Liwei
- member of the crew of
- Shenzhou 5
- P450
- Shenzhou 5
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space. He is currently a vice chief designer of China Manned Space Engineering.
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