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Chen Dong

陳冬　/　ちん・とう

Astronaut from People's Republic of China

December 12, 1978 (age 47)　・　Luoyang, People's Republic of China

astronaut
engineer
aircraft pilot

My Take

Chen Dong belongs to a rare breed I find genuinely heroic. A PLA Air Force fighter pilot from Luoyang, he was selected for the Shenzhou taikonaut corps and decorated with Spaceflight Exploit Medals in 2016 and 2023. To master the sky and then push beyond the atmosphere twice over, at the very front of China's fast-rising space program, demands a calm, almost monastic discipline. I keep imagining the quiet years of training before each launch. An engineer and an aviator with a scientist's mind, he is exactly the kind of steady, understated figure I think deserves the word hero.

Overview

Chen Dong (simplified Chinese: 陈冬; traditional Chinese: 陳冬; pinyin: Chén Dōng; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chen Dong
Name (Japanese): 陳冬
Reading: ちん・とう
Born: December 12, 1978 (age 47)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Horse
Origin: Luoyang, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronaut / engineer / aircraft pilot

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: PLA Air Force Aviation University

Awards & achievements

2016 Spaceflight Exploit Medal
2023 Spaceflight Exploit Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%86%AC

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