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Jing Hai-Peng
Jing Hai-peng
Jing Hai-peng in EVA training
Jing Hai-peng exiting the Shenzhou 9 capsule after landing |
| Full name | JING Hai-peng 景海鹏 |
| Born | 24 Oct 1966 |
| Joined Astronaut Corps | 1998 |
| Role | Pilot-astronaut |
| Status | Active |
| Space flights | 2 |
| Time in space | 15 days 11 hours 53 minutes |
| Number of EVA | 0 |
| Total EVA time | 0 |
Mission Assignments
| Mission | Year | Assignment | Flight duration |
| Shenzhou 6 | 2005 | 1st Backup crew (FE) | - |
| Shenzhou 7 | 2008 | Prime crew | 2d 20h 27m |
| Shenzhou 9 | 2012 | Prime crew (Cdr) | 12d 15h 26m |
Highlights
- Born on 24 October 1966 in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province.
- Holds a Master degree.
- Joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in 1985 and had accumulated 1,200 flight hours while serving as a fighter jet pilot.
- Joined the Chinese Human Space Flight Programme (Project 921) in 1998 among the 14 astronaut candidates.
- Assigned as the Flight Engineer in the backup crew of the Shenzhou 6 mission in 2005.
- Flew in space for the first time in 2008 as a part of the Shenzhou 7 crew. He remained in the spacecraft's crew module while the other two astronauts carried out the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
- Flew for the second time in 2012 as the Commander of the Shenzhou 9 crew. He and other two astronauts conducted the first manned rendezvous docking and the first manual docking with the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, and stayed onboard the space laboratory for 12 days.
Last updated: 9 August 2012