Saturday, October 24, 2020

Happy birthday, Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng!


Jing Haipeng, born October 24, 1966 in China, is the first Chinese astronaut to go into space three times.  

His first flight was aboard Shenzhou 7 as descent module monitor astronaut in September 2008.  The mission lasted three days.

His second mission was aboard Shenzhou 9 as commander in June 2012.  He became the first Chinese astronaut to fly into space more than once.

His third mission was aboard Shenzhou 11 to the Tiangong 2 space station October-November 2016.  Jing celebrated his fiftieth birthday while in orbit.


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