Ye Guangfu

Ye Guangfu
叶光富
Ye in 2021
BornSeptember 1980 (age 44)
StatusActive
Space career
PLAAC astronaut
Previous occupation
Fighter pilot, PLAAF
RankSenior Colonel, PLASSF
Time in space
374 days, 13 hours and 58 minutes
SelectionChinese Group 2
Total EVAs
2
Total EVA time
14 hours, 34 minutes[1]
MissionsShenzhou 13, Shenzhou 18
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese叶光富
Traditional Chinese葉光富
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Guāngfù

Ye Guangfu (Chinese: 叶光富; pinyin: Yè Guāngfù; born September 1980)[2] is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A veteran of the Shenzhou 13 and Shenzhou 18 missions, he is the current Chinese record holder for longest spaceflight duration and the first taikonaut to spend over a year in space.[3]

  1. ^ "Ye Guangfu - EVA". spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Taikonaut Biography: Ye Guangfu". 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ https://www.timesnownews.com/world/asia/this-man-becomes-first-chinese-person-to-complete-one-year-in-space-video-article-114683021