Nie Haisheng
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Nie Haisheng is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force in active service as an taikonaut and the third commander of the PLA Astronaut Corps. He was a PLA Air F
Nie Haisheng on a counterfeit 2010 stamp of Somalia
Shenzhou 12
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Shenzhou 12 was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 17 June 2021. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The
Nie Haisheng
…PLAAC). He was a PLA Air Force fighter pilot and director of navigation. Nie flew on Shenzhou 6 and served as commander on both the Shenzhou 10 and Shenzhou 12 missions, the latter of which became the first crew to visit the Tiangong space station. In 2021, with a combined 111 days in space, he set a new record…
Launch of Shenzhou 12 on a Long March 2F/G
From left: Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng and Liu BomingShenzhou program← Shenzhou 11Shenzhou 13 →