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Liu Yang is a Chinese astronaut who became notable as the first woman from China to travel to space. Her achievements represent an important milestone in China's space program and demonstrate the country's expanding capabilities in human spaceflight.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Liu
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Zhengzhou
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Educated at
- Tsinghua University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Military branch
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
- Image
- LIU Yang CUHK 2012.JPG
- Residence
- China
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- Commons category
- Liu Yang (astronaut)
- date of birth
- 1978-10-06
- time in space
- 18720
- name in native language
- 刘洋
- P10632
- Liu Yang
- member of the crew of
- Shenzhou 14
- P450
- Shenzhou 14
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Encyclopedic overview
Liu Yang (Chinese: 刘洋; pinyin: Liú Yáng; born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. On June 16, 2012, Yang became the first Chinese woman in space, as a crew member of Shenzhou 9.
Biography
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