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Second Chinese female taikonaut and the first Chinese woman to travel twice in space. First Chinese woman to walk in space. Chen Dong: 陈冬 Shenzhou 11 (October 17–November 18, 2016) Shenzhou 14 (June 5–December 4, 2022) Conducted multiple space experiments. Tang Hongbo: 汤洪波 Shenzhou 12 (June 17–September 17, 2021)
NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a Manned Maneuvering Unit outside Space Shuttle Challenger on shuttle mission STS-41-B in 1984. An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
Li Cong was born in a rural village in Fengfeng Mining District in Handan, Hebei in October 1989. [5] His family moved to the mining area when he was 5 years old. [6] [7] [8]He applied for recruitment of Air Force Aviation University when he was in third year of high school.
Wang Yaping (Chinese: 王亚平; pinyin: Wáng Yàpíng; born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. [4] Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. [5]
Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010. [2]
Song was born in Heze, Shandong, in August 1990. [1] In 2007, he enrolled at Air Force Aviation University.He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.
Liu Yang was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province in 1978, [5] into a worker's family of Linzhou, Anyang origin. [6] [7] [8] Her father Liu Shilin (刘士林) was an assistant engineer in the technical department of Zhengzhou First Food Machinery Factory, and her mother Niu Xiyun (牛喜云) was a worker in Zhengzhou Light Automobile Manufacturing Factory. [6]
Liu, along with Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng, was chosen to be the main crew of Shenzhou 7, with Zhai as commander, on 17 September 2008.On 25 September, at 21:10 CST, they launched into space as China's third human spaceflight mission, and the first Chinese mission ever to have a three-man crew. [2]