Ye Guangfu

Ye Guangfu (Chinese: 叶光富; pinyin: Yè Guāngfù; born 1 September 1980)[1] is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.
Ye Guangfu
叶光富
Ye in 2021
Born1 September 1980 (1980-09) (age 41)
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
StatusActive
Space career
PLAAC Taikonaut
Previous occupation
Fighter pilot, PLAAF
RankColonel, PLASSF
Time in space
Currently in space
SelectionChinese Group 2
MissionsShenzhou 13
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese叶光富
Traditional Chinese葉光富

Biography

Ye was born in Chengdu, Sichuan on 1 September 1980.[2]

Apart from his native language Chinese, he is also fluent in English and Russian.

Career

As a People's Liberation Army Air Force pilot, Ye spent four years as an instructor and four years as a jet fighter pilot and amassed a total of 1,100 hours of flight time. He was selected to join the second batch of Chinese astronauts in 2010 and qualified in 2014.[3][4]

Ye made his first public appearance after participating in the ESA CAVES mission of 2016 organised by the ESA.[5]

He was part of the backup crew for Shenzhou 12,[6] and has been selected to fly on Shenzhou 13 to the Tiangong space station.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Taikonaut Biography: Ye Guangfu". 20 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. 中国航天员叶光富首次亮相 6天6夜探秘撒丁岛洞穴. 中国新闻网. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "Cosmonaut Selection: China". spacefacts.de. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. "Ye Guangfu". European Space Agency. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "Profile: Ye Guangfu, a new face in China's space mission". Xinhuanet. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. "China unveils Shenzhou-12 astronauts for space station construction". 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. "China unveils Shenzhou-13 crew for six-month space station mission".


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