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China's Space Hero Yang Liwei Meets
ACAE
Jan 2005
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December 09, 2004, China's first astronaut in
space Dr. YANG Liwei (grey shirt; 4th from the
right) received his honorary DSc degree from
CUHK. Prof. Xu (3rd from the right) and his
research group, along with ACAE Dept. staff
Mr. H. Tong meets with Dr. Yang |
Dr. Yang
Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut to go into space
was conferred Doctor of Science, honoris causa by The
Chinese University of Hong Kong on December 9, 2004.
Yang, the Chinese astronaut who
commanded China's first manned space flight, received
his Bachelor's Degree from the No. 8 Aviation College
of the People's Liberation Army. He became a member
of the national astronaut team in 1998.
Aboard Shenzhou-5 on Oct. 15, 2003,
Yang flew round the Earth 14 times, traversing a distance
of about 600,000 kilometers, which has realized China's
dream of manned space flights and made important contributions
to the development of space mission and space science.
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