Zhang Xiaoguang
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Zhang Xiaoguang (simplified Chinese: 张晓光; traditional Chinese: 張曉光) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Liaoning province in 1966 to a family of the Manchu nationality (ethnic group in China) and was a squadron commander in the People’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 the Shenzhou 9 mission.[1] In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.[2]
References
- ^ Morris Jones (3 April 2013). "Shenzhou's Shadow Crew". Space Daily.
- ^ "Astronauts of Shenzhou-10 mission meet press". Space Daily. 11 June 2013.
- Zhang Xiaoguan at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 23 July 2005.
- Spacefacts biography of Zhang Xiaoguan
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