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Instead, NASA astronaut Taylor Wang, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, became the first ethnically Chinese person in space in 1985. The People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps was established in 1998 for the selection of Shenzhou program astronauts. [ 2 ]
Yang Liwei (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program.
Wan Hu is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as possibly the first man to attempt to use a rocket to launch into outer space. [1] Possibly depicted as the "world's first astronaut" [2] and "the first martyr in man's struggle to achieve space flight", [3] NASA named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him.
First Chinese woman in space. 36, 37 Wang Yaping January 1988 First Asian female astronaut to perform a spacewalk (Shenzhou 13). Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013) Shenzhou 13 (October 15, 2021) Zhang Xiaoguang May 1966 Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013) 38 Kimiya Yui January 30, 1970 Japan: Served on the ISS in (Expedition 44/45). Soyuz TMA-17M (July 22 ...
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]
When he was alone in a spacecraft in 2003, astronaut Yang Liwei reportedly heard a "knock" despite being alone. Liwei was the first man China sent to space, so there's no question that he was by ...
Zhai Zhigang (Chinese: 翟志刚; pinyin: Zhái Zhìgāng; born 11 October 1966 [2]) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
He was the first Chinese astronaut to have flown on more than one mission and remains the only one to have flown on four (Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 16). He also held the Chinese record for longest time spent in space from 2016 to 2021 (47 days) and again from 2023 (201 days), until his record was overtaken by Tang Hongbo in ...