Profile: Jing Haipeng, first Chinese astronaut returning to space
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| This undated photo shows Jing Haipeng, 46, one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China's first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. Jing was among the six trainees for the Shenzhou-6 mission in 2005, and also one of the three taikonauts who were carried by the Shenzhou-7 spaceship for China's third manned space mission in 2008. (Xinhua/Qin Xian'an) |
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JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Among the three-member team for the upcoming Shenzhou-9 manned space mission, Jing Haipeng is an experienced astronaut and meticulous tutor.
Jing, the 46-year-old commanding officer of the Shenzhou-9 mission, will work with China's first female astronaut Liu Yang and another male colleague Liu Wang to firstly attempt to manually dock Shenzhou-9 spaceship with the target orbiter Tiangong-1. Full story
Profile: Shenzhou-9 astronaut Liu Wang
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| This undated photo shows Liu Wang, 43, one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China's first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. Liu became one of the country's first batch of astronauts in 1998. (Xinhua/Qin Xian'an) |
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JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Liu Wang, used to ride a rough bicycle to his village school, is to ride China's most sophisticated vehicle to a space journey.
Riding a bicycle was like flying for the rural boy, Liu recalled, saying he would pass by the 7-km dirt road near his home "in the blink of an eye." Full story
Profile: Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut
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| This undated photo shows Liu Yang, 34, one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China's first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. Liu was selected as a taikonaut in 2010. (Xinhua/Qin Xian'an) |
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JIUQUAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- An eloquent speaker and a lover of cooking, Liu Yang is well-poised to be the first Chinese woman in space.
When she watched the news on television of China's first manned space mission in 2003, the pilot couldn't help but wonder: What would the Earth look like from outer space? Full story
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