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Tang Hongbo | |||||||
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 Tang in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | October 1975 (age 49) | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Nationality |  Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater |  PLA Air Force Changchun Flight College | ||||||
| Space career | |||||||
| PLAAC astronaut | |||||||
Previous occupation | Fighter pilot, PLAAF | ||||||
| Rank | Senior colonel, PLASSF | ||||||
Time in space | 279 days, 10 hours and 43 minutes | ||||||
| Selection | List of astronauts by year of selection | ||||||
Total EVAs | 3 | ||||||
Total EVA time | 22 hours, 3 minutes[1] | ||||||
| Missions | Shenzhou 12, Shenzhou 17 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 汤洪波 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 湯洪波 | ||||||
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Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo (Chinese: 汤洪波; born October 1975) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. He flew on his first spaceflight to the Tiangong space station as a part of the Shenzhou 12 mission, the first to visit the station. He was the commander of the Shenzhou 17 mission, making him the first taikonaut to visit Tiangong twice.
As of May 2024, Tang has spent 279 days in space, and held the Chinese record for the longest spaceflight duration until surpassed by Ye Guangfu later in the same year.[2]
- ^ "Tang Hongbo - EVA experience". 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Xinhua Headlines: Chinese astronauts return safely with six-month space station mission accomplished-Xinhua".