Cai Xuzhe
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Cai Xuzhe | |||||||
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Born | May 1976 (age 47) | ||||||
Status | Active | ||||||
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Space career | |||||||
PLAAC Astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | ![]() | ||||||
Rank | Senior Colonel, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | Currently in space | ||||||
Selection | Chinese Group 2[1] | ||||||
Total EVAs | 1 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 4 hours, 12 minutes | ||||||
Missions | Shenzhou 14 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 蔡旭哲 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蔡旭哲 | ||||||
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Cai Xuzhe (Chinese: 蔡旭哲; born May 1976)[2] is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Biography
Cai was born in Shenzhou, Hengshui, Hebei province in 1976.[2] He served as a fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, and was subsequently selected to be an astronaut in 2010.[3] His name was revealed as part of Group 2 in 2011.[4]
He is currently in space onboard the Tiangong space station, as part of the Shenzhou 14 mission.[5] He has completed a spacewalk on 17 September with Chen Dong.
See also
References
- ^ "Taikonaut Biography: Cai Xuzhe". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b "神舟十四號三位航天員陳冬、劉洋、蔡旭哲簡介" (in Chinese). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Cosmonaut Selection: China". spacefacts.de. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Names of China's Secret Astronauts Revealed by Autographed Envelope". Space.com. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Cai Xuzhe". Twitter. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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