Fei Junlong
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 Shenzhou 6 crew portrait (L-R: Fèi Jùnlóng, Niè Hǎishèng) |
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| Astronaut | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | May 5, 1965 Suzhou, Jiangsu |
| Occupation1 | Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, PLAAF |
| Space time | 4 days, 19 hours, 33 min |
| Selection | Chinese Group 1 |
| Mission(s) | Shenzhou 6 |
| Mission insignia |  |
| 1 previous or current | |
Colonel Fèi Jùnlóng (Simplified Chinese: 费俊龙; Traditional Chinese: 費俊龍) (born 1965) is the second Chinese astronaut (or yuhangyuan) to fly into space as part of the Shenzhou program.
He was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province of China 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.
Colonel Fèi was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He was in the final five selected for the Shenzhou 5 flight. He was the commander on the Shenzhou 6 flight that launched October 12, 2005, with Niè Hǎishèng (flight engineer). They landed on October 17, 2005.
He was married in 1991 and has one son. During his personal time he dabbles in fine arts.
The asteroid 9512 Feijunlong was named after him.
[edit] See also
[edit] 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
