Li Cong (taikonaut)
Li Cong | |||||||
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李聪 | |||||||
Born | October 1989 (age 34–35) | ||||||
Status | Active | ||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
Alma mater | PLA Air Force Aviation University | ||||||
Space career | |||||||
PLAAC astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot, PLAAF | ||||||
Rank | Lieutenant colonel, PLASSF | ||||||
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 Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.[1][2] Li launched on the Shenzhou 18 mission to the Tiangong space station.[3][4]
Biography
Li Cong was born in a rural village in Fengfeng Mining District in Handan, Hebei in October 1989.[5] His family moved to the mining area when he was 5 years old.[6][7][7][8]
He applied for recruitment of Air 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 the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2009.[7][11][12][13]
Li once served as the lieutenant colonel of a flying brigade of the Air Force Aviation Brigade and was second class pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force.[14][15][16][17] He participated in the astronaut selection in May 2018 and was selected as a fourth grade astronaut into the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps in September 2020.[7][18][8]
In 2024, he was selected as a crew member of Shenzhou 18.[19][20][5][12]
References
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- ^ a b "李聪:农村娃拿到飞天"船票"——中国青年网". t.m.youth.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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- ^ "China reveals Shenzhou-18 crew for next space station mission". South China Morning Post. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "China to launch Shenzhou XVIII crewed spaceship on April 25". www.xhby.net. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "China to launch Shenzhou XVIII crewed spaceship on April 25". m.cnhubei.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
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- ^ Wong, Andy; Mistreanu, Simina. "China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program". phys.org. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ BAKER, GREG (2024-04-24). "Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-18 space mission (L-R) Li Guangsu, Ye Guangfu, and Li Cong leave a press conference". Hiawatha World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-24.