Jing Haipeng
Jing Haipeng is a senior Chinese taikonaut, major general, and one of the central figures in China's human spaceflight program. He became the first Chinese astronaut to fly more than once and later the first to fly four missions.
- Born
- October 24, 1966
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Yuncheng, Shanxi Province,China
Flights
4
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
201 days, 17 hours, 2 minutes
Bio
Jing came from a People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter-pilot background and joined China's first astronaut group in 1998. His early assignments placed him inside the formative Shenzhou program as China progressed from solo flights to three-person crews, , docking, and permanent station operations.
He flew Shenzhou 7 during China's first three-person mission and first mission, commanded Shenzhou 9 during the first crewed docking with Tiangong-1, commanded the longer Shenzhou 11 mission to Tiangong-2, and later commanded Shenzhou 16 to the Tiangong .
Jing's record is important because it connects nearly every major phase of Chinese crewed spaceflight after Yang Liwei: early operational missions, orbital laboratory work, and the permanent Tiangong station. His page needs separate flight cards for each Shenzhou launch.