Cai Xuzhe
Cai Xuzhe | |
|---|---|
Senior Colonel, PLASSF | |
Time in space | 182 days, 9 hours and 25 minutes |
| Selection | Chinese Group 2[1] |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 9 hours, 46 minutes |
| Missions | Shenzhou 14 |
| Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Cài Xùzhé |
Cai Xuzhe (
Biography
Cai was born in Shenzhou, Hengshui, Hebei province in 1976.[2] His grandparents come from a scholarly family, teaching in the downtown county and village, respectively, and were veteran party members before the founding of the People's Republic of China.[3] His third uncle was a soldier.[3] Cai graduated from the Baoding Branch of the Changchun Flight Academy of the Air Force.[3] He served as a fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, and was subsequently selected to be an astronaut in 2010.[4] His name was revealed as part of Group 2 in 2011.[5]
He was on board the Tiangong space station, as part of the Shenzhou 14 mission.[6] He completed two spacewalks on 17 September and 17 November both with Chen Dong.
Personal life
Cai married Wang Yanqing (王颜晴), who is a nurse in a PLA military hospital.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Taikonaut Biography: Cai Xuzhe". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b "神舟十四號三位航天員陳冬、劉洋、蔡旭哲簡介" (in Chinese). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ ISSN 1002-6282.
- ^ "Cosmonaut Selection: China". spacefacts.de. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Names of China's Secret Astronauts Revealed by Autographed Envelope". Space.com. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Cai Xuzhe". Twitter. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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