ASTRONAUT

Jing Haipeng

1966 - Today

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Jing Haipeng (simplified Chinese: 景海鹏; traditional Chinese: 景海鵬; pinyin: Jǐng Hǎipéng; born 24 October 1966) is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army. A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) astronaut in 1998. He was the first Chinese astronaut to have flown on more than one mission and remains the only one to have flown on four (Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 16). He also held the Chinese record for longest time spent in space from 2016 to 2021 (47 days) and again from 2023 (201 days), until his record was overtaken by Tang Hongbo in February 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jing Haipeng is the 328th most popular astronaut (down from 304th in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from China (up from 1,042nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jing Haipeng ranks 328 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Lisa Nowak, Yuri Shargin, Umberto Guidoni, Lee Archambault, and Ronald J. Grabe. After him are Loren Shriver, Anthony W. England, William S. McArthur, Catherine Coleman, Robert L. Gibson, and Joseph M. Acaba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Jing Haipeng ranks 420. Before him are Chris Bauer, Pau Donés, Andrey Lugovoy, Rok Petrovič, Mohammed Chaouch, and Shigemitsu Egawa. After him are Randy Barnes, Peter Tschentscher, Timothy Ray Brown, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Erling Jevne, and Leilani Sarelle.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jing Haipeng ranks 1,031 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Zilin (1984), Meng Wanzhou (1972), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), He Pingping (1988), Yang Yang (1991), and Zhang Weili (1989). After him are Chen Muhua (1921), Zhang Shuai (1989), He Jiankui (1984), Xu Rongmao (1950), Wendi Deng Murdoch (1968), and Jing Tian (1988).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In China

Among astronauts born in China, Jing Haipeng ranks 7. Before him are Shannon Lucid (1943), Yang Liwei (1965), Liu Yang (1978), Taylor Wang (1940), Fei Junlong (1965), and Nie Haisheng (1964). After him are Liu Boming (1966), Zhai Zhigang (1966), Liu Wang (1969), Wang Yaping (1980), Chen Dong (1978), and Tang Hongbo (1975).

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