Deng Qingming

Deng Qingming (simplified Chinese: 邓清明; traditional Chinese: 鄧清明; pinyin: Dèng Qīngmíng; born 16 March 1966) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Deng.
Deng Qingming
邓清明
Deng in November 2022
Born (1966-03-16) 16 March 1966
Yihuang County, Jiangxi, China
StatusActive
NationalityChina Chinese
Space career
PLAAC Astronaut
Previous occupation
 PLAAF fighter pilot
Time in space
Currently in space
SelectionChinese Group 1[1]
MissionsShenzhou 15
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese邓清明
Traditional Chinese鄧清明

Biography

He was born into a family of farming background in the Yihuang County, Jiangxi, on 16 March 1966.[2] He is the eldest of five children in the family.[2]

A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.

He was announced as a backup member of Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 10, Shenzhou 11 and Shenzhou 12 before finally being selected as one of the three crew members of Shenzhou 15 in November 2022.

Personal life

His daughter Deng Manqi (邓满琪) was born in 1991 and now works in the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Taikonaut Biography: Deng Qingming". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. Zhan Kang (占康) (2002). 邓清明：守得云开见月明 [Deng Qingming: watching the clouds open and seeing the moonlight]. Celebrities' Biographies (in Chinese). Zhengzhou, Henan: Henan Literature and Art Publishing House. 608: 10–14. ISSN 1002-6282.


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