Zhang Xiaoguang | |
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| Born | May 1966 (1966-05) (age 59) |
| Space career | |
| PLAACastronaut | |
Previous occupation |  PLAAFfighter pilot |
Time in space | 14 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes |
| Selection | Chinese Group 1 |
| Missions | Shenzhou 10 |
Zhang Xiaoguang (simplified Chinese:张晓光;traditional Chinese:張曉光;pinyin:Zhāng Xiǎoguāng; born May 1966) is aChinese military pilot andtaikonaut selected as part of theShenzhou program.
He was born in May 1966 inJinzhou, to a family ofManchu ethnicity and was asquadron commander in thePeople's Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for theShenzhou 9 mission.[1] In 2013, he was selected to flyShenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space stationTiangong 1.[2]
Shenzhou 10 was launched on 11 June 2013, at 09:38 UTC (17:38 local time) on aLong March 2F rocket.[3] It docked to theTiangong-1 space station, and the crew spent 12 days on board.Zhang returned to Earth on Wednesday, 26 June 2013 00:07 UTC. Total mission duration was 14 days 14 hours and 29 minutes.[4]
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