Chen Dong | |||||||
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| Born | 12 December 1978 | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
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| CNSA astronaut | |||||||
Current occupation | Astronaut | ||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot | ||||||
| Rank | Senior Colonel, People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force | ||||||
Time in space | 214 days, 15 hours and 54 minutes[1] | ||||||
| Selection | Chinese Group 2 | ||||||
Total EVAs | 3 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 15 hours, 53 minutes | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 11, Shenzhou 14 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈冬 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳冬 | ||||||
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Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010.[2]
In December 2022, he set a new record for longest stay in space by a Chinese astronaut with a cumulative 214 days in space.
- ^ "Biographies of Taikonauts (yuhangyuans)". spacefacts. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^ 王建芬. "Astronaut Chen Dong: From naughty boy to inspiration". Chinadaily.