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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.
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
- Occupation
- astronaut / engineer / aircraft pilot
2. Background
- University
- PLA Air Force Aviation University
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Spaceflight Exploit Medal
- 2023 Spaceflight Exploit Medal
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%86%AC
Frequently asked questions
When was Chen Dong born?
Born December 12, 1978 (age 47).
Where is Chen Dong from?
Chen Dong is from Luoyang, People's Republic of China.
What does Chen Dong do?
Chen Dong works as astronaut, engineer, aircraft pilot.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.