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Liu Yang | |
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刘洋 | |
Born |
Zhengzhou, Henan, China | 6 October 1978
Status | Active |
Space career | |
PLAAC Taikonaut | |
Previous occupation | Military transport pilot, PLAAF |
Rank | Senior Colonel, PLASSF |
Time in space | 195 days, 0 hours and 50 minutes |
Selection | Chinese Group 2 [1] |
Total
EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 6 hours, 7 minutes |
Missions | Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 14 |
Liu Yang | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 劉洋 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘洋 | ||||||||
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Liu Yang ( Chinese: 刘洋; pinyin: Liú Yáng; born 6 October 1978) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. On 16 June 2012, Yang became the first Chinese woman in space, as a crew member of Shenzhou 9. [2] [3] [4]
Liu Yang was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province in 1978, [5] into a worker's family of Linzhou, Anyang origin. [6] [7] [8] Her father Liu Shilin (刘士林) was an assistant engineer in the technical department of Zhengzhou First Food Machinery Factory, and her mother Niu Xiyun (牛喜云) was a worker in Zhengzhou Light Automobile Manufacturing Factory. [6] She is the only child in her family. [6] As a child, Liu aspired to become a lawyer or a bus conductor. [9]
Liu Yang joined the PLA Air Force in 1997 and qualified as a pilot before becoming the deputy head of a flight unit, holding the PLAAF rank of major. She graduated from PLA Air Force Aviation University in Changchun. She is a veteran pilot with 1,680 hours of flying experience. After two years of astronaut training, Yang excelled in testing before being selected with another woman, Wang Yaping, as a candidate for the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC). [10]
Liu Yang was selected for the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first crewed mission to the experimental Chinese space station Tiangong 1, along with Jing Haipeng — the first repeat Chinese space traveller — and Liu Wang. The mission was launched on June 16, 2012, 49 years to the day after the first female space traveller, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched. [11] During Shenzhou 9's mission, Liu performed experiments in space medicine. [12]
On June 5, 2022, Liu launched aboard Shenzhou 14 to the Tiangong space station for a mission of approximately 6 months, during which she assisted with the station's assembly and expansion. [13] On 1 September 2022, Liu became the second Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. [14]
Liu Yang is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. [15] She is married to Zhang Hua (张华), and the couple have a son and a daughter. [15] [16] [6] Her first child's birth was announced in February 2015. [17]
Liu Yang has been described as an eloquent speaker, an avid reader and also a lover of cooking. [18]
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Liu Yang | |
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刘洋 | |
Born |
Zhengzhou, Henan, China | 6 October 1978
Status | Active |
Space career | |
PLAAC Taikonaut | |
Previous occupation | Military transport pilot, PLAAF |
Rank | Senior Colonel, PLASSF |
Time in space | 195 days, 0 hours and 50 minutes |
Selection | Chinese Group 2 [1] |
Total
EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 6 hours, 7 minutes |
Missions | Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 14 |
Liu Yang | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 劉洋 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘洋 | ||||||||
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Liu Yang ( Chinese: 刘洋; pinyin: Liú Yáng; born 6 October 1978) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. On 16 June 2012, Yang became the first Chinese woman in space, as a crew member of Shenzhou 9. [2] [3] [4]
Liu Yang was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province in 1978, [5] into a worker's family of Linzhou, Anyang origin. [6] [7] [8] Her father Liu Shilin (刘士林) was an assistant engineer in the technical department of Zhengzhou First Food Machinery Factory, and her mother Niu Xiyun (牛喜云) was a worker in Zhengzhou Light Automobile Manufacturing Factory. [6] She is the only child in her family. [6] As a child, Liu aspired to become a lawyer or a bus conductor. [9]
Liu Yang joined the PLA Air Force in 1997 and qualified as a pilot before becoming the deputy head of a flight unit, holding the PLAAF rank of major. She graduated from PLA Air Force Aviation University in Changchun. She is a veteran pilot with 1,680 hours of flying experience. After two years of astronaut training, Yang excelled in testing before being selected with another woman, Wang Yaping, as a candidate for the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC). [10]
Liu Yang was selected for the crew of Shenzhou 9, the first crewed mission to the experimental Chinese space station Tiangong 1, along with Jing Haipeng — the first repeat Chinese space traveller — and Liu Wang. The mission was launched on June 16, 2012, 49 years to the day after the first female space traveller, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched. [11] During Shenzhou 9's mission, Liu performed experiments in space medicine. [12]
On June 5, 2022, Liu launched aboard Shenzhou 14 to the Tiangong space station for a mission of approximately 6 months, during which she assisted with the station's assembly and expansion. [13] On 1 September 2022, Liu became the second Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. [14]
Liu Yang is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. [15] She is married to Zhang Hua (张华), and the couple have a son and a daughter. [15] [16] [6] Her first child's birth was announced in February 2015. [17]
Liu Yang has been described as an eloquent speaker, an avid reader and also a lover of cooking. [18]