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Yang Liwei

Yang Liwei (1965) has flown to space once, spending 0.9 days off Earth in total. Nationality: China. First flight: Shenzhou 5, 2003.

China1 spaceflights0.9 days in space

Spaceflights

Oct 15, 2003
Shenzhou 5Chang Zheng 2F · Jiuquan

Career

Nationality
China
Born
1965
Occupation
astronaut, fighter pilot
Rank
Shao Jiang

In space

Spaceflights
1
Time in space
0.89 days
First flight
October 15, 2003
Education
Tsinghua University; PLA Air Force Aviation University
Awards (Wikidata)
2: honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Spaceflight Exploit Medal

Source: Wikidata Q147581 (CC0): spaceflights, time in space, citizenship, employer, astronaut group, service, education and awards. Only public professional facts are shown.