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Song Lingdong

Active· CNSA · Chinese

Song Lingdong

Song Lingdong is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in August...

Spaceflights

1

first flight

Time in space

182days

Spacewalks

3

Spacewalking

22 h 42 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 10 hours

Shenzhou 19 EVA 1b
Dec 17, 2024
7 h 25 m
Shenzhou 19 EVA 2
Jan 20, 2025
8 h 17 m
Shenzhou 19 EVA 3
Mar 21, 2025
7 h 00 m

0 h2 h4 h6 h8 h10 h

Flights

Success· Flight 1

Shenzhou 19

Launched: Oct 29, 2024 · 20:27 UTC
Rocket: Long March 2F/G
From: Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Destination: Tiangong space station
Landed: Apr 30, 2025

Crewmates

Cai XuzheCNSA
Wang HaozheCNSA

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Biography

Song Lingdong is a Chinese pilot and astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in August 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013. He was a Sukhoi Su-35K fighter pilot prior to joining the astronaut corps.

Facts

Agency: CNSA
Status: Active
Nationality: Chinese
Born: August 1, 1990
First flight: Oct 29, 2024

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