Fei Junlong
Fei Junlong | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
费俊龙 | |||||||
 Fei Junlong at 24th Planetary Congress of Association of Space Explorers, Moscow, BMSTU, September 6, 2011 | |||||||
| Born | May 5, 1965 | ||||||
| Occupation | Fighter pilot | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| PLAAC astronaut | |||||||
| Rank | Major general, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | 191 days, 2 hours, 58 minutes | ||||||
| Selection | Chinese Group 1 (1998) | ||||||
Total EVAs | 4 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 29 hours, 56 minutes | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 6 Shenzhou 15 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 费俊龙 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 費俊龍 | ||||||
| |||||||
Fei Junlong (Chinese: 费俊龙; pinyin: Fèi Jùnlóng; born 5 May 1965) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut. He was the commander of Shenzhou 6, the second crewed spaceflight of China's space program, and was selected as commander for the Shenzhou 15 mission to the Tiangong space station.
Early life
He was born in a rural village in Kunshan, Jiangsu province of China to a family of farmers and was recruited from high school by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in 1982 at the age of 17. He graduated with excellent marks from the PLAAF's No. 9 Aviation School, the Changchun No.1 Flight College of the PLA Air Force and Flight Training School of the Air Force. In the PLAAF, he was a pilot, flight trainer and flight technology inspector.
Spaceflight career
Fei was selected for the CNSA astronaut program in 1998. He was in the final five selected for China's first crewed space flight, Shenzhou 5. He was the commander on the Shenzhou 6 flight that launched October 12, 2005, with Nie Haisheng serving as flight engineer. They landed on October 17, 2005.
Fei is also a member of Shenzhou 15's 3-person crew on a 6-months mission to Tiangong space station. The mission launched on 29 November 2022, arriving at the station about seven hours later.[1]
Personal life
He married Wang Jie (王洁) in 1991 and has one son.[2][3] His father-in-law was a veteran of the Korean War and later became an aerospace researcher, and his mother-in-law was a teacher.[2][3] His son Fei Di (费迪) is also a member of the Shenzhou spacecraft development team.[2][3] During his personal time he dabbles in fine arts.
Awards and honors
- Command Pilot of PLAAF, 1982
- Merit Citation Class II, 1996
- Chinese May 4 Medal for Youth Having Outstanding Contributions, 2005
- Aerospace Achievement Medal, 2005
- The honorary title of "Space Hero", 2005
- Top 10 Inspirational Models of China, 2006
- Asteroid 9512 Feijunlong, 2007
- Honorary Professor of Nanjing Audit University, 2011
- Honorary Member of Chinese Society of Astronautics, 2012
The asteroid 9512 Feijunlong was named after him.
See also
References
- ^ "Spaceflight mission report Shenzhou-15". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b c Zhan Kang (占康) (2002). 费俊龙：十七年后在出征 [Fei Junlong: seventeen years later, he will be on the expedition]. Celebrities' Biographies (in Chinese). 608. Zhengzhou, Henan: Henan Literature and Art Publishing House: 5–9. ISSN 1002-6282.
- ^ a b c Yi Yi (一一) (2023). 再度飞天费俊龙：家有娇小姐成就勇夫 [Flying again, Fei Junlong: Having a beautiful wife at home makes a brave husband]. Bosom Friend (in Chinese). 450. Wuhan, Hubei: Hubei Zhiyin Media Group Co., Ltd.: 40–42. ISSN 1007-502X.
External links
- Fèi Jùnlóng at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 23 July 2005.
- "New spacemen to become household names in manned space". Xinhua News Agency. 2005-10-12.
- Spacefacts biography of Fèi Jùnlóng
Content Disclaimer
Informasi ini disarikan dari Wikipedia dan disajikan kembali untuk tujuan edukasi. Konten tersedia di bawah lisensi CC BY-SA 3.0. Kami tidak bertanggung jawab atas ketidakakuratan data yang bersumber dari kontribusi publik tersebut.
- The information displayed on this website is sourced in part or in whole from Wikipedia and has been adapted for the purpose of restating it. We strive to provide accurate and relevant information, however:
- There is no guarantee of absolute accuracy. Wikipedia is an open, collaborative project that can be edited by anyone, so information is subject to change.
- It is not intended to constitute professional advice. The content displayed is for informational and educational purposes only. For important decisions (e.g., medical, legal, or financial), please consult a professional.
- Content copyright. Wikipedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC BY-SA). This means that content may be reused with appropriate attribution and shared under a similar license.
- Responsible use. Any risk arising from the use of information from this website is entirely the responsibility of the user.