Yang Liwei Chinese Pilot Yuhangyuan. Born 21 June 1965.
First Chinese man in space.
Astronaut Career
Astronaut Group:. Active Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 0.89 days.
Yang Liwei was China's first citizen in space. His launch into orbit aboard Shenzhou-5 on 15 October 2003 marked the entry of China into an elite group, consisting only of Russia and the United States, who had the capability to launch human beings off the planet. Yang's name therefore was placed in history next to those of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard.
