Yang Liwei
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yng Liwei
圖片參考:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/Yangliwei.jpg/200px-Yangliwei.jpg
CNSA Astronaut
Nationality
圖片參考:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png
Chinese
Status
Active
Born
June 21, 1965
Suizhong, Liaoning Province
Other occupation
Fighter pilot
Rank
Colonel, PLAAF
Space time
21 hours, 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Selection
Chinese Group 1
Missions
Shenzhou 5
Mission
insignia
圖片參考:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/Sz5insignia.png/30px-Sz5insignia.png
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.
Yng Lwěi (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉) (born June 21, 1965) is a Chinese military pilot and a CNSA astronaut. He was the first man sent into space by the space program of China, and his mission, Shenzhou 5, made the PRC the third country to independently send people into space.
[edit] Background
He was born in Suizhong County of Huludao City in the Liaoning Province, an industrial area in Northeast China. Yang's mother was a teacher, his father an accountant at a state agricultural firm. Yang Liwei's wife is also a People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer, with whom he has a son.
Growing up, his grades were average but he excelled in the sciences. He loved to swim and skate and shone in track and field events.
He joined the PLA when he was 18 years old and worked his way from Lieutenant Colonel to the rank of Colonel (after returning from space). He attended No. 8 Aviation College of the PLA Air Force in 1987 and graduated with a Bachelor's degree. In the PLAAF, he logged 1350 hours of flight time as a fighter pilot before he went to space training.