The People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, also known as the Chinese Astronaut Corps, is a deputy-corps grade unit of the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force based in Beijing. It is responsible for the selection and training of the astronaut corps for Project 921, the Chinese manned space program. The corps was established on January 5, 1998, after a preliminary selection in October 1992 identified 1,506 pilots, of whom twelve were chosen as candidates. Seven more pilots entered as Group 2 in May 2010. The corps was part of the General Armaments Department until that body was disbanded in January 2016, and it then became part of the Strategic Support Force.
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The Astronaut Corps was established on January 5, 1998
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is a deputy-corps grade unit of the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force (PLAASF) based in Beijing
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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.
Zhai Zhigang - Wikipedia
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Zhai Zhigang (Chinese: 翟志刚; pinyin: Zhái Zhìgāng; born 11 October 1966) 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.
Jing Haipeng - Wikipedia
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A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) astronaut in 1998.
Liu Yang - Wikipedia
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After two years of astronaut training, Yang excelled in testing before being selected with another woman, Wang Yaping, as a candidate for the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC).
Zhu Yangzhu (Wikipedia)
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This time, however, he passed the three-stage selection process and was inducted into the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps in September 2020.
Nie Haisheng (Wikipedia)
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Nie Haisheng (born 13 October 1964) is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as an taikonaut and the third commander (unit chief) of the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC).
Wikipedia: Zhang Zhiyuan (astronaut)
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Prior to joining the astronaut corps, he joined the military in September 2006 and later graduated from the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University.
Cai Xuzhe (Wikipedia)
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Cai Xuzhe (Chinese: 蔡旭哲; born May 1976) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Wang Haoze (Wikipedia)
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Currently, she holds the position of aerospace flight engineer in the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, classified as a fourth-class astronaut, with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army.
Ye Guangfu (Wikipedia)
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Ye Guangfu (Chinese: 叶光富; pinyin: Yè Guāngfù; born September 1980) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Tang Hongbo (Wikipedia)
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Tang Hongbo (Chinese: 汤洪波; pinyin: Tāng Hóngbō; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
Jiang Xinlin (Wikipedia)
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He is a fourth-level astronaut in the Astronaut Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and is a first class PLA Air Force pilot for 10 years.
Tang Shengjie (Wikipedia)
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He is a fourth-level astronaut in the Astronaut Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and is a first class PLA Air Force pilot for 13 years.
Li Guangsu (Wikipedia)
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Li Guangsu (Chinese: 李广苏; born July 1987) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
Song Lingdong (Wikipedia)
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Song Lingdong (Chinese: 宋令东; born August 1990) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Deng Qingming (Wikipedia)
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Deng Qingming (Chinese: 邓清明; pinyin: Dèng Qīngmíng; born 16 March 1966) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Chen Zhongrui (Wikipedia)
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Chen Zhongrui (Chinese: 陈中瑞; born October 1984) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
Li Cong (taikonaut) (Wikipedia)
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Li Cong (Chinese: 李聪; born October 1989) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
Wikipedia: Liu Boming (taikonaut)
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A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected into the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) in 1998.
Wikipedia: Wang Jie (taikonaut)
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Wang Jie (Chinese: 王杰; born September 1989) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.
Wikipedia: Wu Fei (taikonaut)
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Wu Fei (Chinese: 武飞; born October 1993) is a Chinese taikonaut and a member of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, holding the rank of major.
Wikipedia: Yang Liwei
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former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army
Lai Ka-ying (Wikipedia)
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had been selected as a payload specialist in China's fourth group of astronauts
Liu Wang (Wikipedia)
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He was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.
Zhang Xiaoguang (Wikipedia)
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when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998
Zhang Lu (taikonaut) (Wikipedia)
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is a Chinese astronaut in the Shenzhou program
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