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Shanghai-born Taylor Wang flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-B in 1985. [17] Wang, however, had become a United States citizen in 1975. [17] Taylor Wang was not the first person born in China to go to orbit. William Anders was born in Hong Kong on 17 October 1933. [18] Anders would be a part of the Apollo 8 lunar orbital mission in 1968. [18]
Member of the first three-person Chinese crew in space. Zhai Zhigang: 翟志刚 Shenzhou 7 (September 25–28, 2008) Shenzhou 13 (October 15, 2021–April 16, 2022) First Chinese national to walk in space. Commander of the first Chinese three-person crew in space. Liu Wang: 刘旺 Shenzhou 9 (June 16–29, 2012) Member of the first Chinese crew ...
First Japanese citizen in space. Soyuz TM-11/10 (December 2, 1990) 10 Toktar Aubakirov July 27, 1946 Soviet Union ( Kazakhstan) First ethnic Kazakh in space. Soyuz TM-13/12 (October 2, 1991) 11 Eugene Trinh September 14, 1950 United States ( South Vietnam) First Vietnamese American in space. STS-50 (June 25, 1992) 12 Mamoru Mohri January 29, 1948
This is what is used to calculate a person's natal chart by Chinese zodiac experts. ... "So a person born in the year of the Rabbit [last year's sign] will always have the Rabbit as their zodiac ...
This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies.
Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the ...
Countries (and successor states) whose citizens have flown in space as of January 2024. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi), while in the United States, professional, military and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 ...
Delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station; second crewed mission to Tiangong. 3 Shenzhou 14: Chen Dong Liu Yang Cai Xuzhe. 5 June 2022 [3] 4 December 2022