Biographies of Taikonauts (yuhangyuans)
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 08.09.1964 |
| Birthplace: | Zaoyang, Hubei Province |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | ??.01.1998 |
| Selection group: | China-1 |
| Position: | Pilot |
| Status: | active |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Shenzhou VI | Operator | 12.10. - 16.10.2005 | 4d 19h 32m |
| 2 | Shenzhou X | Commander | 11.06. - 26.06.2013 | 14d 14h 29m |
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| Total | 19d 10h 01m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Shenzhou V | Commander |
| 2 | Shenzhou VII | Operator |
| 3 | Shenzhou IX | Commander |
Additional information
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Other sources say he was born on 13.10.1964
(calendar in western countries). He entered the key senior high school of the
county; he flight training school of the Air Force, 1984; served as commander
of a squadron, deputy commander of a group and master navigator after
graduation from the No.7 Flying School of the Air Force in 1987; on June 12,
1989, he began to fly a fighter plane; Pilot; Major General; selected to the
first Chinese cosmonaut (yuhangyuan) detachment; second backup for
Shenzhou V;
hobbies: fishing. |
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