Ye Guangfu | |||||||
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叶光富 | |||||||
Born | September 1980 (age 44) | ||||||
Status | Active | ||||||
Space career | |||||||
PLAAC astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot, PLAAF | ||||||
Rank | Senior Colonel, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | 374 days, 13 hours and 58 minutes | ||||||
Selection | Chinese Group 2 | ||||||
Total EVAs | 2 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 14 hours, 34 minutes[1] | ||||||
Missions | Shenzhou 13, Shenzhou 18 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 叶光富 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 葉光富 | ||||||
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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]