Nie Haisheng
Nie Haisheng is a Chinese fighter pilot, major general, and senior taikonaut who flew three Shenzhou missions. His career helped move China's human spaceflight program from early multi-person missions to Tiangong station operations.
- Born
- October 13, 1964
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Zaoyang, Hubei Province,China
Flights
3
Spacewalks
1
EVA time
5 hours, 55 minutes
In space
111 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes
Bio
Nie came from a rural Hubei background and entered the People's Liberation Army Air Force in the 1980s. He became a fighter pilot before joining China's first astronaut group in 1998, placing him among the core generation that built the Shenzhou program.
He first flew on Shenzhou 6 with Fei Junlong, China's second crewed mission and first two-person flight. He commanded Shenzhou 10 to Tiangong-1 and later commanded Shenzhou 12, the first crewed mission to China's permanent Tiangong . Tiangong-1 and Tiangong station assignments are mission context inside Shenzhou 10 and Shenzhou 12, not separate spaceflight cards.