First name and last name | Zhang Xiaoguang |
Date of birth | 01.05.1966 |
Nationality | CHN |
Space Agency | China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
Status | Active |
Type of astronaut | Government agency |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaoguang |
Shenzhou X
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.