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Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010.[2]

Chen Dong
Born	(1978-12-12) 12 December 1978 (age 43) Luoyang, Henan, China
Status	Active
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	Fighter pilot
Space career
CNSA Astronaut
Current occupation	Astronaut
Rank	Senior Colonel PLASSF
Time in space	Currently in space [1]
Selection	Chinese Group 2
Total EVAs	2
Total EVA time	10 hours, 19 minutes
Missions	Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 14
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	陈冬
Traditional Chinese	陳冬
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Dōng

Early life and education

Chen was born in Luoyang, Henan on 12 December 1978 from a working-class family.

He holds a Master degree in Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University.[3]

Military career

He joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in August 1997, achieving the rank of Colonel.[4] He was further promoted to the rank Senior Colonel.

Astronaut career

Chen was selected for the second batch for Chinese astronauts in 2009 when he was a combat aircraft pilot. He was interviewed by Yang Liwei.

Shenzhou 11

He was selected to fly on the Shenzhou 11 mission in October 2016 with astronaut Jing Haipeng.[5] The two underwent more than 3,000 hours of training before the launch of the spacecraft. On 17 October 2016 On 07:30 local time (23:30 GMT on 16 October), Chen lifted off with Shenzhou 11 for a 33-day space mission to the Tiangong-2 space station as his first spaceflight, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2F launch rocket.[6] The crew landed successfully after the 33 day mission on 18 November 2016, marking China's longest manned space flight to date.[7] The reentry module of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia around 2.15 p.m(China time) after detaching from the space lab on 17 November.[8]

Shenzhou 14

On June 5, 2022, Chen launched about aboard Shenzhou 14 to the Tiangong space station for a mission and stay to last about 6 months.[9] He has completed two spacewalks during the mission.

Awards

For his achievements on the Shenzhou 11 mission, Chen was awarded the Spaceflight Merit Medal (Third Class) along with the honorary title of "hero astronaut" on 26 December 2016 by the Central Military Commission.[10]

Personal life

Chen is married and has twin sons.

See also

• List of Chinese astronauts
• Chinese space programme

References

External links

• biography of Chendong

На других языках

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[de] Chen Dong

Chen Dong (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hant{font-size:110%}陳冬 / .mw-parser-output .Hans{font-size:110%}陈冬, Pinyin Chén Dōng; * 12. Dezember 1978 in Luoyang, Provinz Henan) ist ein chinesischer Kampfpilot, Raumfahrer und Verwaltungswissenschaftler.

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- [en] Chen Dong (taikonaut)

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[es] Chen Dong

Chen Dong (en chino simplificado: 陈冬, chino tradicional: 陳冬, pinyin: Chén Dōng; n. Luoyang, Henán, República Popular China, 12 de diciembre de 1978) es un taikonauta, militar, piloto de aviación e ingeniero chino.

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[fr] Chen Dong

Chen Dong (chinois simplifié : 陈冬; chinois traditionnel : 陳冬) est un pilote et un taïkonaute chinois né à Luoyang, dans la province du Henan le 12 décembre 1978 dans une famille ouvrière.

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[it] Chén Dōng

Chén Dōng[1], in cinese semplificato 陈冬, in cinese tradizionale 陳冬 (Luoyang, 12 dicembre 1978), è un astronauta cinese.

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[ru] Чэнь Дун

Чэнь Дун (кит. упр. 陈冬, пиньинь Chén Dōng; (род. 12 декабря 1978, Лоян, Хэнань, КНР) — китайский космонавт, совершивший полёт на космическом корабле «Шэньчжоу-11» в 2016 году.

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