Liu Wang (, born 25 March 1969) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the

Shenzhou program The China Manned Space Program (CMS; ), also known as Project 921 () is a space program developed by the People's Republic of China and run by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), designed to develop and enhance human spaceflight capabilities f ...

. He was born in the

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-leve ...

province of China and was a fighter pilot in the

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the Peo ...

. He was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.

Career

Liu Wang was selected to be part of the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first crewed mission to the first Chinese space station,

Tiangong 1 Tiangong-1 () was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a crewed laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rendezvous and docking capabilities during its ...

. Also on the mission is

Jing Haipeng Jing Haipeng (; born 24 October 1966) is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the 82nd Group Army. A fighter pilot in the PLA Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a ...

, the first Chinese repeat space traveller, and the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang.Space.com
"China Unveils Astronaut Crew, 1st Female Spaceflyer, for Saturday Launch"
15 June 2012, Clara Moskowitz

References

External links

at the

Encyclopedia Astronautica The ''Encyclopedia Astronautica'' is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, f ...

. Accessed 23 July 2005.
Spacefacts biography of Liu Wang
1969 births Living people Shenzhou program astronauts People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps People's Liberation Army Air Force personnel {{Astronaut-stub