photo Zhang Xiaoguang
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

Mission:

Shenzhou X

Additional information 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.