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  2. Yang Liwei - Wikipedia

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    Yang Liwei (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program.

  3. Wan Hu - Wikipedia

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    Wan Hu is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as possibly the first man to attempt to use a rocket to launch into outer space. [1] Possibly depicted as the "world's first astronaut" [2] and "the first martyr in man's struggle to achieve space flight", [3] NASA named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him.

  4. List of Chinese astronauts - Wikipedia

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    Second Chinese female taikonaut and the first Chinese woman to travel twice in space. First Chinese woman to walk in space. Chen Dong: 陈冬 Shenzhou 11 (October 17–November 18, 2016) Shenzhou 14 (June 5–December 4, 2022) Conducted multiple space experiments. Tang Hongbo: 汤洪波 Shenzhou 12 (June 17–September 17, 2021)

  5. 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. ... Liwei was the first man China sent to space, so there's no question that he was by himself.

  6. List of Asian astronauts - Wikipedia

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    First Indian in space. Soyuz T-11/10 (April 3, 1984) 4 Taylor Wang June 16, 1940 United States ( Republic of China) First person of Chinese ancestry in space. Second Asian American in space, after Ellison Onizuka. STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) 5 Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud June 27, 1956 Saudi Arabia: First Saudi and first Arab in space.

  7. Taylor Wang - Wikipedia

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    Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (simplified Chinese: 王赣骏; traditional Chinese: 王贛駿; pinyin: Wáng Gànjùn; born June 16, 1940) is a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space.

  8. List of space travellers by first flight - Wikipedia

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    The most recent person and first geologist to have arrived on the Moon Vladimír Remek, 88th person in space and the first from a country other than the US or the Soviet Union Sigmund Jähn, 91st person in space and the first German Georgi Ivanov, 93rd person in space and the first Bulgarian Phạm Tuân, 97th person in space, and the first ...

  9. Chinese space program - Wikipedia

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    The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...