Yang Liwei
China National Space Administration
Nationality Chinese
Date Of Birth 1965-06-21
Status Active
Type Government
Astronaut 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.
