Tang Hongbo
Tang Hongbo | |||||||
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| Born | October 1975 (age 49) | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Nationality |  Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater |  PLA Air Force Changchun Flight College | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| PLAAC Astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot, PLAAF | ||||||
| Rank | Senior colonel, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | 92 days, 4 hours and 11 minutes | ||||||
| Selection | List of astronauts by year of selection | ||||||
Total EVAs | 1 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 6 hours 46 minutes[1] | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 12 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 汤洪波 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 湯洪波 | ||||||
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Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo (Chinese: 汤洪波; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission.
Biography
He was born into a family of farming background in the town of Yunhuqiao, Xiangtan County, Hunan in October 1975.[2][3] He has a younger brother.[2]
Awarded the rank Senior Colonel, he joined the PLA Air Force in September 1995. Where he was promoted to the post of group commander at a fighter jet regiment. He was selected for the second group of astronauts at Nie's division in May 2010 then was chosen in May 2016 as an alternate for the two-member crew of the Shenzhou 11 mission.[4]
A pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected into the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps in 2010.[5] He was part of the backup crew for Shenzhou 11, and flew as one of three crew members on Shenzhou 12, the first manned mission to the Tiangong space station.[6]
On 4 July 2021, Tang and Liu Boming, another crew member of Shenzhou 12, completed the first extravehicular activity of Tiangong space station.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Tang Hongbo - EVA experience". 4 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b 神舟十二号载人飞船明天发射，这个湖南湘潭伢子要飞向太空啦！. qq.com. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Wang Mengmeng (王萌萌) (16 June 2021). 汤洪波同志简历. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Jiang (江), Wei (巍). "Biographies of Shenzhou XII astronauts". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Cosmonaut Selection: China". spacefacts.de. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "China unveils Shenzhou-12 astronauts for space station construction". 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Shenzhou XII crew successfully conclude first spacewalk". China Daily. 4 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
External links
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