Chen Dong (astronaut)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Dong
CNSA Astronaut
Nationality	Chinese
Status	Active
Born	12 December 1978 (1978-12-12) (age 37) Luoyang, Henan
Other occupation	Fighter pilot
Current occupation	Astronaut
Rank	Lt.Col.PLAAF
Time in space	32d 06h 25m ^[1]
Selection	Chinese Group 2
Missions	Shenzhou 11
Mission insignia

Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be a CNSA astronaut in 2010.^[2]

Early life

Chen was born in Luoyang, Henan on 12 December 1978 from a working-class family.

Military career

He joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in August 1997.

Astronaut career

Chen was selected for the second batch for Chinese astronauts in 2009 when he was a combat aircraft pilot. He was interviewed by Yang Liwei.

Shenzhou 11

He was selected to fly on the Shenzhou 11 mission in October 2016 with astronaut Jing Haipeng. The two underwent more than 3,000 hours of training before the launch of the spacecraft. On 17 October 2016 On 07:30 local time (23:30 GMT on 16 October), Chen lifted off with Shenzhou 11 for a 33-day space mission as his first spaceflight, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March 2F launch rocket. ^[3] The crew landed successfully after the 33 day mission on 18 November 2016.The reentry module of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia around 2.15 p.m(China time) after detaching from the space lab on 17 November.^[4]

Personal life

Chen has two twin sons.

External links

biography of Chendong

References

↑ "Biographies of Taikonauts (yuhangyuans)". spacefacts. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-10/17/content_27083029.htm
↑ "China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mission". BBC News. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
↑ CNN, James Griffiths. "Shenzhou-11 astronauts return home after China's longest-ever space mission". CNN. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

Shenzhou program

Shenzhou missions

Unmanned	Shenzhou 1 Shenzhou 2 Shenzhou 3 Shenzhou 4 Shenzhou 8

Manned	Shenzhou 5 Shenzhou 6 Shenzhou 7 Shenzhou 9 Shenzhou 10 Shenzhou 11 Shenzhou 12

Tianzhou missions

Planned	Tianzhou 1

Space stations

Hardware

Other

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (launch site)
Siziwang Banner (landing site)
List of Chinese astronauts

Chinese space program

Space programs	Beidou Navigation Satellite System Chinese anti-satellite missile test Chinese space station CBERS CLEP (Chang'e) Dark Matter Particle Explorer Dong Fang Hong Double Star Fanhui Shi Weixing Fengyun Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Kuafu Kuaizhou Long March Naga-L Project 921-3 Shenzhou program Shuguang Space Solar Telescope Tiangong program Tianlian I Tianzhou Yaogan Yinghuo-1

Launch sites	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center (include China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site)

Scientists	Chen Qiufa Du Qinghua Hu Haichang Ma Xingrui Ouyang Ziyuan Qi Faren Qian Xuesen Sun Laiyan Wan Hu Wang Yongzhi Xu Dazhe Ye Peijian Zhao Jiuzhang Zhu Miaolong

Astronauts	Chen Dong Fei Junlong Jing Haipeng Liu Boming Liu Yang Liu Wang Nie Haisheng Yang Liwei Zhai Zhigang Zhang Xiaoguang Wang Yaping

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

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