LIU YANG
Liu yang
She was born on 6 October 1978. Zhengzhou Henan. She qualified as a pilot and becoming the deputy head of flight unit in 1997. She graduated from people’s Liberation Army Air Force Aviation collage of Changchun in 2001. |
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In May 2001, she joined the communist party.She flight safety 1680 hours was chosen as the secondary air force pilots.
In 2009, The Space Agency of China started the first time to recruit female astronaut, Liu Yang was elected She is selected as members of female astronauts in China because of her excellent flight skills and psychological quality. |
After two years of astronaut training, Liu yang excelled in testing, as a candidate for the astronaut corps.
In May 2010, she became China's second generation of astronauts. Not waiting too long, Liu yang was selected as the crew of Shenzhou 9 spaceships. Liu yang became the first female Chinese astronaut to go into space. The mission was launched on 16 June 2012.The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft landed at 29 on June. |
Presently, she is a the Chinese people's liberation army (PLA) astronaut, level 4 astronauts, the rank of major.
She made history and became the first Chinses woman ever fly in space. She successfully completed the mission and a series of space goals. The woman who is sure to be hailed as a Chinese national hero. |