Chen Dong, born December 12, 1978 in Luoyang, Henan (a province of China), flew into space November 2016 aboard Shenzhou 11 with veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng. They logged 33 days in space, the longest flight to date of the China National Space Administration.
Shenzhou-11, the fifth space mission from the China National Space Administration, took off October 16, 2016 (UTC) with Commander (and veteran astronaut) Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, who was on his first spaceflight.
Two days after takeoff, Shenzhou-11 docked with Tiangong-2, the Chinese space laboratory, which was launched just a month prior. For 30 days, the astronauts conducted scientific and technical experiments. They returned safely to Earth November 18.
Since then, the unmanned cargo ship, Tianzhou-1 has successfully docked with Tiangong-2 three times, demonstrating docking and refueling.
