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Liu Wang

Chinese taikonaut (born 1969)

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Liu Wang 刘旺
Wang in 2012
Born	(1969-03-25) March 25, 1969 (age 55) Pingyao County, Shanxi, People's Republic of China
Occupation	Pilot
Space career
CNSA astronaut
Rank	Major General, PLASSF
Time in space	12 days, 15 hours and 25 minutes
Selection	Chinese Group 2
Missions	Shenzhou 9

Liu Wang (simplified Chinese: 刘旺; traditional Chinese: 劉旺, born 25 March 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Early life[edit]

He was born in a rural village in the Pingyao County, Shanxi province of China on March 25, 1969 to a family of farmers. He enrolled at the PLA Air Force Aviation University in 1988 and studied to be a fighter pilot.

Air Force career[edit]

Then, he became a fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.

Spaceflight career[edit]

Liu Wang was selected to be part of the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first crewed mission to the first Chinese space station, Tiangong 1. Also on the mission is Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese repeat space traveller, and the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang.^[1]

See also[edit]

• List of Chinese astronauts
• Chinese space programme

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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liu Wang.

• Liu Wang at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 23 July 2005.
• Spacefacts biography of Liu Wang

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