Liu Boming (taikonaut)

Liu Boming
Liu Boming speaking at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
BornSeptember 17, 1966 (1966-09-17) (age 58)
Alma mater PLA Air Force Changchun Flight College
Space career
PLAAC astronaut
Previous occupation
Fighter pilot, PLAAF
RankMajor general, PLASSF
Time in space
95 days and 38 minutes
SelectionChinese Group 1
Total EVAs
3
Total EVA time
13 hours 03 minutes[1]
MissionsShenzhou 7, Shenzhou 12

Liu Boming (simplified Chinese: 刘伯明; traditional Chinese: 劉伯明; pinyin: Liú Bómíng; born September 17, 1966) is a major general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF). A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected into the PLA Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) in 1998. A Shenzhou 7 veteran, he also worked on the Tiangong space station during the Shenzhou 12 mission from June to September 2021.

With a combined total of three EVA's performed, he spent some 13 hours walking in space which is currently the record by a Chinese astronaut.

  1. ^ "Liu Boming - EVA experience". 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.