The 35-year-old veteran pilot Jiang Xinlin will start his first space flight in the coming Shenzhou-17 mission. Jiang, born in February 1988, was a professional tank driver and fighter pilot before he was selected to be a member of China's third batch of astronauts in September 2020. During his 10-year flying career, Jiang was recognized as a first-class pilot, with safe flights reaching over 1,000 hours. Caption courtesy of CGTN.