Taylor Wang

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang
王赣俊
Born	(1940-06-16) June 16, 1940 (age 84) Shanghai, Republic of China
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BS, MS, PhD)
Occupation	Scientist
Space career
JPL Payload Specialist
Time in space	7d 00h 08m
Missions	STS-51-B
Mission insignia	Signature

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (simplified Chinese: 王赣骏; traditional Chinese: 王贛駿; pinyin: Wáng Gànjùn; born June 16, 1940) is a Chinese-born American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wang was a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B.