Career record
Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
21h 22m
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he 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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Long March 2F | Shenzhou-5 — Commander · Success · October 15, 2003
Born 1965-06-21