This is a list of Chinese astronauts, sometimes called taikonauts. The list includes people trained by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft .

Yang Liwei (simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; traditional Chinese: 楊利偉; born 21 June 1965) is a Chinese major general, former military pilot, and former taikonaut of the People's Liberation Army. In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program .

Yang Liwei (born June 21, 1965, Suizhong, Liaoning, China) is a Chinese astronaut and the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. In 1983 he enlisted in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), where he was chosen to enter the aviation college of …

Wang Yaping (Chinese: 王亚平; pinyin: Wáng Yàpíng; born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. [4] Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. [5]

2024年10月29日 · China has already selected its next group of astronauts and they will train for potential lunar missions as well as to crew the space station.

2024年4月24日 · Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-18 mission, from left, Li Guangsu, Ye Guangfu and Li Cong wave as they arrive for a meeting with the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, …

2024年12月18日 · China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world’s longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the...

2023年5月30日 · Accompanied by commander Jing Haipeng and flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu, Gui took off on the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Tuesday morning. In this journey to the China Space Station, Gui has become the first Chinese civilian astronaut as well as the first payload specialist to enter space.

2024年9月30日 · China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s expected to be a landmark...

2023年10月26日 · On Thursday, three Chinese astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center deep in the Gobi Desert, heading for the Tiangong space station for a...