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Wang Yaping was born on 27 January, 1980 in Yantai, Shandong, China, is a Chinese taikonaut. Discover Wang Yaping's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?

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Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 27 January 1980
Birthday 27 January
Birthplace Yantai, Shandong, China
Nationality China

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1600

After accumulating Safe flights for 1600 hours, she was named Air Force Class II pilot.

1950

Wang Yaping was one of two women in space on the 50th anniversary of Vostok 6, the first spaceflight by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova.

1980

Wang Yaping (born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut.

Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk.

In April 2022, she set a new record for longest stay in space by a female Chinese astronaut with a cumulative 197 days in space.

Wang was born in the prefecture of Yantai, in Shandong province.

Her mother and father are farmers, and she was reported to have two sisters.

1991

In September 1991, she entered junior high school in Yantai, and in 1994 entered Yantai Yizhong High School, graduating in 1997.

She was admitted to the Changchun Flight College of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

1997

Wang joined the air force in August 1997.

2001

Wang was from the seventh batch of female military pilots in China, one of 37 members, and graduated from Aviation University and flight school in 2001 with the rank of First Lieutenant.

2008

As a pilot with the Air Force's transport aircraft crew in Wuhan, she has participated in tasks such as combat readiness exercises, the Wenchuan Earthquake relief effort, and cloud seeding and weather modification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to eliminate clouds and reduce rain.

2010

In May 2010 she officially became the second female astronaut of China.

At that time Wang was a captain in the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

2012

She was a candidate for the space mission Shenzhou 9 in 2012.

However, Liu Yang was selected over her for the historic mission of the first Chinese female space traveller.

Wang was a member of the backup crew for SZ-9.

2013

Wang became the second Chinese female spacefarer as a member of the Shenzhou 10 spaceship crew, which orbited the Earth in June 2013, and of the Tiangong-1 orbiting space station with which it docked.

She was known as the “Goddess II”.

She was the first member of the crew announced, in April, while the remainder of the crew were announced in June.

The other woman in space on 16 June 2013 was Karen Nyberg, an American astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

While aboard Tiangong-1, Wang conducted scientific experiments and taught a physics lesson to Chinese students by live television broadcast.

2018

In 2018, she held the rank of Air Force Colonel, and had trained to fly four aircraft models.

In March 2018, Wang was elected for a five-year-term as a deputy to the National People's Congress.

In October 2021, it was announced that Wang was selected as one of the three crew members to fly on Shenzhou 13 to the Tiangong space station, marking her second spaceflight and the first time a Chinese woman would travel to space twice.

She was to be the first female astronaut to board the Tiangong space station and to perform an extravehicular activity.

The mission would be China's longest crewed space mission.

On 15 October 2021, the three Shenzhou 13 crewmembers arrived at the Tianhe space station module, hours after launch.

On 7 November, the China Manned Space Agency announced that a spacewalk was underway and it was being performed by astronauts Zhai Zhigang, the Shenzhou 13 mission commander, and Wang Yaping, who was now China's first female spacewalker.

EVA operations started at 6:21 p.m..

Wang exited from the node cabin of the Tianhe Core Module at 8:28 p.m..

Zhai and Wang completed their EVAs and returned to Tianhe by 1:16 a.m. on 8 November, the entire operation having lasted 6 hours and 25 minutes.

Wang wore a new spacesuit, delivered to the station by the Tianzhou 3 cargo resupply craft in September.

According to Chinese state media, this suit was optimized for her shorter height.

Wang is married to Zhao Peng, a PLAAF pilot.

She has one daughter.

She is studying for a doctoral degree in psychology at Peking University.