Yang Liwei is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut at the People’s Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.

Yang Liwei Quotes

1. “The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall [of China].”
— Yang Liwei