# Yang Liwei (@yang-liwei)

Yang Liwei is a Chinese former military pilot who became China's first person in space.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Yang Liwei's public record._

## Topics

- [Program role](/@yang-liwei/program-role.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Astronaut selection](/@yang-liwei/selection.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Shenzhou 5](/@yang-liwei/shenzhou-5.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/space4youth/space4youthcompetition/2020/judges/yang-liwei.html
- blog: https://en.cmse.gov.cn/
- blog: https://www.nasa.gov/history/20-years-ago-china-launches-its-first-taikonaut-into-orbit/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "yang-liwei", "question": "…"}`.