Li Cong | |||||||
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李聪 | |||||||
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| Born | October 1989 (age 36) Handan, Hebei, China | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Air Force Aviation University | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| PLAAC astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation |  Fighter pilot,PLAAF | ||||||
| Rank |  Lieutenant colonel,PLAAF | ||||||
Time in space | 192 days, 4 hours and 25 minutes | ||||||
| Selection | List of astronauts by year of selection | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 18 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李聪 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李聰 | ||||||
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Li Cong (Chinese:李聪; born October 1989) is a Chinesefighter pilot andPeople's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC)taikonaut.[1][2] Li launched on theShenzhou 18 mission to theTiangong space station.[3][4]
Li Cong was born in a rural village inFengfeng Mining District inHandan, Hebei in October 1989.[5] His family moved to the mining area when he was 5 years old.[6][7][8]
He applied for recruitment ofAir Force Aviation University when he was in third year of high school. He graduated[when?] from the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University.[7][3][9][10] He was enlisted in thePeople's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2009, and joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2011.[7][11][12][4][13]
Li once served as thelieutenant colonel of aflying brigade of the Air Force Aviation Brigade and was second class pilot in thePeople's Liberation Army Air Force.[14][15][16][4] He participated in the astronaut selection in May 2018 and was selected as a fourth grade astronaut into thePeople's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps in September 2020.[7][17][8]
In 2024, he was selected as a crew member ofShenzhou 18.[4][18][5][12]
李聪，男，汉族，籍贯河北邯郸，学士学位。1989年10月出生，2009年9月入伍，2011年6月加入中国共产党，现为中国人民解放军航天员大队四级航天员，空军中校军衔。
