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Zhai Zhigang was born on 11 October, 1966 in Longjiang County, Heilongjiang, China, is a Chinese military officer and taikonaut. Discover Zhai Zhigang's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Occupation Fighter pilot
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October, 1966
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace Longjiang County, Heilongjiang, China
Nationality China

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Zhai Zhigang Net Worth

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1966

Zhai Zhigang (born 11 October 1966 ) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut.

Zhai was born in Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province, on October 11, 1966.

He is the youngest of six children.

He attended Longjiang County No. 2 High School.

He enrolled at the PLA Air Force Aviation University and studied to be a fighter pilot and then as a squadron leader.

Zhai became a lieutenant colonel and pilot trainer in the PLAAF after logging 1000 hours of flying time.

1996

In 1996, Zhai was selected as a candidate for the taikonaut program and was selected to be the first group of fourteen in 1998.

He was one of three members of the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 flight.

Yang Liwei was picked for the flight, with Zhai Zhigang ranked second ahead of Nie Haisheng.

Zhai was one of the six taikonauts in the final training for Shenzhou 6 Ta Kung Pao newspaper had reported that Zhai Zhigang and Nie Haisheng were the leading pair, after having been in the final group of three for Shenzhou 5.

However, Zhai had been paired with Wu Jie during training.

Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng flew the flight.

2008

During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk.

He was a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter pilot.

Zhai, along with Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng was selected for prime crew on Shenzhou 7, with Zhai as commander, on 17 September 2008.

On 25 September 2008, at 21:10 CST, they launched into space as the first three-man crew for China, China's third human spaceflight mission.

On 27 September 2008, Zhai became the first Chinese astronaut to spacewalk, completely outside the craft.

Fellow crew member Liu Boming stood by at the airlock and could be seen straddling the portal.

Zhai successfully completed his spacewalk at 18:25 CST.

Zhai wore the Chinese developed Feitian space suit, while Liu wore the Russian derived Orlan-M space suit.

Zhai was selected as commander to fly on the Shenzhou 13 alongside Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu as his second spaceflight mission to the Tiangong space station.

On 7 November 2021, Zhai carried out his second spacewalk alongside Wang who became China's first woman to perform a spacewalk.

On 26 December 2021, Zhai carried out his third spacewalk with Ye.

Zhai's favourite pastimes are calligraphy, dancing and gadgets.

He is married to Zhang Shujing and has one son.