Chinese military officer and taikonaut (born 1966)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhai.
Zhai Zhigang
翟志刚
Zhai in 2008
Born
(1966-10-11) 11 October 1966 (age 57)
Longjiang County, Heilongjiang, China
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhái Zhìgāng
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.
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launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt. 2008 – CNSA astronaut ZhaiZhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk. 2012 – In Minneapolis...
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