Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Happy birthday, Taylor Wang, first Chinese astronaut!


Taylor Wang, born June 16, 1940 in the Republic of China, is the first Chinese astronaut.  He went into space aboard Challenger (STS-51-B) as payload specialist in April-May 1985.  He was employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the time.  It was the second mission of the European Space Agency's Spacelab.  He spent about 7 days in space.


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