Yang Liwei, China's first space traveler, was born in Suizhong, Liaoning Province in June 1965. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1983 and is now Deputy Director of the China Astronaut ...

The image of 38-year-old Yang Liwei, the first Chinese to go into space on October 15, 2003, is photographed from a TV screen. Image: CCTV / Corbis 2003: China becomes the third nation to launch ...

Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, heard a knocking sound during his maiden flight in space. Other Chinese astronauts heard it as well. What could be behind this mysterious sound?

Yang Liwei, the national hero who flew China's first manned space mission last week, will pay a four-day visit to Hong Kong from October 31. He will be accompanied by a group of Mainland space ...

File photo taken on Oct. 16, 2003 shows astronaut Yang Liwei getting out of the re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou-5 spacecraft following its successful landing in north China's Inner Mongolia ...

China 's first astronaut Yang Liwei on board of Shenzhou V talked to Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan at about 5:30 pm Wednesday (Beijing time) via live communication systems. With the live ...

Astronaut Yang Liwei, the icon, is everywhere in China, lionized in the state-run press and on television not only as the country’s first man in space, but also as an elite pilot, a star student ...

Astronaut Yang Liwei looks set to win the annual Most Influential Person of the Year award staged by the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly this year, an informal poll of local residents has shown.

Astronaut Yang Liwei said he is touched by the warm welcome received from Hong Kong people and is deeply impressed by our city's beauty. Tight schedule: Movie star Jackie Chan presents a souvenir to ...