Great pilot - Yang Liwei

People's Republic of China Yang Liwei into space the first Chinese person, university culture, the People's Liberation Army major general, special astronaut. Chinese astronauts current research, deputy director of training center. He is the Chinese culture first-generation astronaut, in the 17 largest on the Chinese Communist Central Committee was elected as alternate member.

October 15, 2003 GMT 9:00, Yang Liwei took from Long II F rocket carrying the Shenzhou V spacecraft into space the first time. His pioneering work and technical experts that China became the third country to master manned space flight technology.

November 7, 2003, Yang Liwei, from when he was the hands of the Central Military Commission Chairman Jiang Zemin accepted the "Space Hero" title at the Great Hall received medals and certificates.

Yang spoke highly of the spacecraft, chief designer of the space flight: "It's not generally successful, but very successful; not a general perfection, but perfection in particular."

November 7, when the motherland and the people to give space hero Yang Liwei, the highest honor, the Yang to say his heart: "Thank the motherland and the people of my culture, belong to the glorious motherland, the people belong to a glorious, glorious space belong to 10,000,000 people. motherland is proud of me for. I will continue to work hard, always ready to accept the motherland and the people of any mission given to me! "

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