Yang Liwei
Yang Liwei is a Chinese astronaut and the first person from China to travel into space, achieving this milestone on October 15, 2003, aboard the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft.
Born on Jun 21, 1965 (59 years old)
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Yang Liwei is recognized as China's first astronaut and inspired many, including Wang Jie, to pursue space exploration.
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Yang Liwei became the first astronaut from China to enter space.
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