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Yang Liwei Research Paper

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When you hear the name of Yang Liwei, do you know anything about him? If not, then maybe you do not know much about Chinese news. Yang Liwei helped China do what two other countries before it could do, launch humans into space. The two countries that beat China were Russia and the United States. Sure, other Chinese nationals were able to go to space, but Yang Liwei was the first Chinese citizen to go into space. This major accomplishment for China was done on October 15, 2003. This date marked that launch of the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft launch, which Yang Liwei was aboard. In China, the astronauts are called Taikonauts. Yang Liwei was born on June 21, 1965. He was born in Suizhong, Liaoning, China. Yang Liwei had two parents. His mother was …show more content…

He was the first Chinese astronaut to get to space. He was chosen out of 1,500 astronauts to fly to outer space on the Shenzhou 5. In space, he was able to orbit the Earth approximately 14 times. Yang Liwei was in space for a total of 21 hours and 23 minutes. After he returned from space, he then was named Space Hero from the former Chinese president. He also got promoted to the Commander in Chief of the Chinese Manned Space Program. He was also awarded the Badge of Honor for his trip to space. He has a lot of awards for his trip to …show more content…

10,000 yuan is equal to about 1,204 US dollars. This is actually lower than other pilots. His wife, Zhang Yumei was also in the Chinese space program. Yang Liwei is 168 cm tall and is 65 kilograms. Yang also has an eight year old boy with his wife. Currently, Yang Liwei is fifty years old. When he went to space on the Shenzhou 5, he was only 38 years old. Yang Liwei got back to Earth on October 16, 2003. He was parachuted from the Shenzhou and landed in Mongolia. When the Shenzhou 5 landed, it was only about 4.8 kilometers off target. When Yang Liwei got to space, he opened up the Chinese flag and the United States Flag. Yang Liwei also had a United Nations flag with him, but he decided not to open it up when he reached space. When he Yang Liwei was in space, he flew for a total of six hundred thousand miles which was about fourteen Earth orbits. It took about 90 minutes for the Shenzhou 5 to orbit the Earth

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