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Zhai Zhigang

China

Zhai Zhigang is a Chinese People Liberation Army Air Force pilot and astronaut who performed the first spacewalk by a Chinese citizen during the Shenzhou 7 mission in September 2008. He later commanded the Shenzhou 13 mission in 2021 to 2022, a six-month stay aboard the newly assembled Tiangong space station, one of the longest crewed missions in Chinese spaceflight history at the time.

Facts
Birth Year
1966 1
Nationality
Chinese 1
Number of Flights
2 3
Firsts
First in Spaceflight Operations 1
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1998 2
Connections

Operated By

People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Zhai Zhigang - Wikipedia
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Nationality

China

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Source Wikidata: Zhai Zhigang
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1. Zhai Zhigang - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1966-10-11
  • Extract
    is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
  • Lead section
    During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.
  • Article text, astronaut role
    and Jing Haipeng were selected as the primary crew on Shenzhou 7, with Zhai as commander, on 17 September 2008.
  • In Group: Chinese Taikonauts, Lead sentence
    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.
  • Operated By: People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, Article text: agency link
    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.
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2. Zhai Zhigang (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Zhai Zhigang lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 201 to 300
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 296, Zhai Zhigang
Quote, Astronaut record 296, Zhai Zhigang
"name": "Zhai Zhigang" ... "flights_count": 2
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Wikidata: Zhai Zhigang
Wikidata Q197135, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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