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Liu Wang
刘旺
Wang in 2012
Born (1969-03-25) March 25, 1969 (age 55)
OccupationPilot
Space career
CNSA astronaut
RankMajor General, PLASSF
Time in space
12 days, 15 hours and 25 minutes
SelectionChinese Group 2
MissionsShenzhou 9

Liu Wang (simplified Chinese: 刘旺; traditional Chinese: 劉旺, born 25 March 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Early life

He was born in a rural village in the Pingyao County, Shanxi province of China on March 25, 1969 to a family of farmers. He enrolled at the PLA Air Force Aviation University in 1988 and studied to be a fighter pilot.

Air Force career

Then, he became a fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.

Spaceflight career

Liu Wang was selected to be part of the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first crewed mission to the first Chinese space station, Tiangong 1. Also on the mission is Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese repeat space traveller, and the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang.[1]

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