Major general Fei Junlong (; born 5 May 1965) is a
Chinese military pilot and an
taikonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally ...
. He was the commander of
Shenzhou 6
Shenzhou 6 () was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) ...
, the second crewed spaceflight of China's space program, and was selected as commander for the
Shenzhou 15
Shenzhou 15 () is a Chinese spaceflight that launched on 29 November 2022 at 15:08 UTC. The flight marked the tenth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the fifteenth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft carried three People's Liberation Army ...
mission to the
Tiangong space station.
Early life
He was born in
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trad ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...
province of China and was recruited from high school by the
People's Liberation Army Air Force
The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the Peo ...
(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.
Career
Fei was selected for the CNSA astronaut program in 1998. He was in the final five selected for the
Shenzhou 5
Shenzhou 5 (, see § Etymology) was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle. There had been four previous flig ...
flight. He was the commander on the
Shenzhou 6
Shenzhou 6 () was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fèi Jùnlóng (费俊龙) ...
flight that launched October 12, 2005, with
Nie Haisheng serving as flight engineer). They landed on October 17, 2005.
Personal life
He was married in 1991 and has one son. During his personal time he dabbles in fine arts.
Awards and honors
* Command Pilot of PLAAF, 1982
* Merit Citation Class II, 1996
* Chinese May 4 Medal for Youth Having Outstanding Contributions, 2005
* Aerospace Achievement Medal, 2005
* The honorary title of "Space Hero", 2005
* Top 10 Inspirational Models of China, 2006
* Asteroid 9512 Feijunlong, 2007
* Honorary Professor of Nanjing Audit University, 2011
* Honorary Member of Chinese Society of Astronautics, 2012
The
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...
9512 Feijunlong was named after him.
See also
*
List of Chinese astronauts
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.
As the Chinese space program dev ...
External links
Fèi Jùnlóngat the
Encyclopedia Astronautica
The ''Encyclopedia Astronautica'' is a reference web site on space travel. A comprehensive catalog of vehicles, technology, astronauts, and flights, it includes information from most countries that have had an active rocket research program, f ...
. Accessed 23 July 2005.
*
Spacefacts biography of Fèi Jùnlóng
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1965 births
Living people
People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps
Shenzhou program astronauts
People from Kunshan
People's Liberation Army Air Force personnel
People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu