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  2. Yang Liwei - Wikipedia

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    Yang Liwei was born in Suizhong County, Huludao, Liaoning. [1] His mother was a teacher and his father was an accountant at a state agricultural firm. [2] Yang Liwei married Zhang Yumei with whom they had a son together. Zhang Yumei was a part of the People's Liberation Army and was a teacher in China's Space Program. [3] [4]

  3. Chinese scientist hears 'knocking sound' in space - AOL

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    In space, no one can hear you scream -- but you may hear a knock. When he was alone in a spacecraft in 2003, astronaut Yang Liwei reportedly heard a "knock" despite being alone. Liwei was the ...

  4. Shenzhou 5 - Wikipedia

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    Shenzhou 5 was launched at 09:00 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a launch base in the Gobi Desert in Gansu province, entering orbit 343 kilometres (213 mi; 185 nmi) above Earth at 09:10 (UTC+08:00) with astronaut Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old lieutenant colonel in the People's Liberation Army and former fighter pilot.

  5. List of Chinese astronauts - Wikipedia

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    Yang Liwei: 杨利伟 Shenzhou 5 (October 15, 2003) First Chinese national in space. First solo person in space who was not flown on a Soviet/Russian or American spacecraft. Fei Junlong: 费俊龙 Shenzhou 6 (October 12–16, 2005) Shenzhou 15 (November 29, 2022–June 3, 2023) Commander of the first two-person Chinese crew in space. Nie ...

  6. Tap code - Wikipedia

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    The tap code, sometimes called the knock code, is a way to encode text messages on a letter-by-letter basis in a very simple way. The message is transmitted using a series of tap sounds, hence its name. [1] The tap code has been commonly used by prisoners to communicate with each other.

  7. BRAAAM - Wikipedia

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    BRAAAM is a loud, low sound typically produced using real or synthesized brass instruments.One of the best-known examples also involved a prepared piano.Seth Abramovitch of The Hollywood Reporter described the sound as "like a foghorn on steroids" which is "meant to impart a sense of apocalyptic momentousness". [3]

  8. Deep Note - Wikipedia

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    The sound is used on trailers for THX-certified movie theaters, home video releases, video games, and in-car entertainment systems. The Deep Note was partially previewed on the opening track of the 1983 album The Digital Domain: A Demonstration, where it was included among sound effects that were combined with the Deep Note itself.

  9. Psychoacoustics - Wikipedia

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    Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system.It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound including noise, speech, and music.