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Zhai Zhigang
China
China
CMS
CMS
China
China
CMS
CMS
492
Zhai Zhigang
b. Oct 10, 1966
LIFE FORM
Human
Gender
Male
Rank
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Major General
MISSIONS
2
TIME IN SPACE
186D:05H:52M
SPACEWALKS
3
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:12H:58M
Zhai Zhigang
China
China
CMS
CMS
China
China
CMS
CMS
492
Zhai Zhigang
b. Oct 10, 1966
LIFE FORM
Human
Gender
Male
Rank
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Major General
MISSIONS
2
TIME IN SPACE
186D:05H:52M
SPACEWALKS
3
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:12H:58M
Missions
Shenzhou
Shenzhou 13
Past
Oct 15, 2021
ROCKET
Shenzhou
Shenzhou
Shenzhou 7
Past
Sep 25, 2008
ROCKET
Shenzhou
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Space Resident
Space Resident
This astronaut has spent over a month in space.
Crewmates
493
Liu Boming
China
China
CMS
CMS
2
MISSIONS
95
DAYS IN SPACE
3
SPACEWALKS
0.5
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Space Resident
Space Resident
Space Resident
494
Jing Haipeng
China
China
CMS
CMS
4
MISSIONS
201.7
DAYS IN SPACE
1
SPACEWALKS
0.3
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Space Resident
Space Resident
Space Resident
TSS Visitor
TSS Visitor
TSS Visitor
543
Wang Yaping
China
China
CMS
CMS
2
MISSIONS
197
DAYS IN SPACE
1
SPACEWALKS
0.3
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
First Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk
First Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk
First Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk
Space Resident
Space Resident
Space Resident
601
Ye Guangfu
China
China
CMS
CMS
CASC
CASC
2
MISSIONS
374.6
DAYS IN SPACE
3
SPACEWALKS
0.9
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Space Resident
Space Resident
Space Resident
Station Visitor
Station Visitor
Station Visitor
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Zhai Zhigang is a major general in the People's Liberation Army Air Force and a CNSA astronaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.
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