Zhai Zhigang | |||||||
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| 翟志刚 | |||||||
 Zhai in 2008 | |||||||
| Born | 11 October 1966 | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Alma mater | PLA Air Force Aviation University | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| PLAAC Taikonaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot, PLAAF | ||||||
| Rank | Major General, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | 185 days, 5 hours and 59 minutes | ||||||
| Selection | Chinese Group 1 | ||||||
Total EVAs | 3 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 12 hours 58 minutes[1] | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 13 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 翟志刚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 翟志剛 | ||||||
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Zhai Zhigang (Chinese: 翟志刚; pinyin: Zhái Zhìgāng; born 11 October 1966[2]) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.[3] He was a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter pilot.
- ^ "Zhai Zhigang - EVA experience". Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ @yangyuguang1 (11 October 2022). "Happy birthday to Mr. Zhai Zhigang, the first space walker of China! He is also a member of @ASE_Astronauts" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space". Reuters. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2022.