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Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Space Resident
This astronaut has spent over a month in space.
Station Visitor
This astronaut visited the Tiangong Space Station.
Bio
Ye Guangfu is an air force pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was recruited as a taikonaut trainee for China’s human space program in 2010 and qualified as a taikonaut in 2014. He has been a part of the European Space Agency's cave exploration program. This will be his first flight to space.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Ye Guangfu is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.