Foto Zhang Xiaoguang
Jan Kowalski Zhang Xiaoguang
Geburtsdatum 01.05.1966
Nationalität CHN
Weltraumagentur China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Status Aktiv
Astronautentyp Staatliche Agentur
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang

Mission:

Shenzhou X

Informationen über Zhang Xiaoguang

He was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.