Nie Haisheng
Nie Haisheng was born in Zaoyang City, Hubei, China on October 13th, 1964 and is the Chinese Astronaut. At the age of 60, Nie Haisheng biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Nie was born on 08 September 1964 in Yangdang Town of Zaoyang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. After graduating from high school he joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force in June 1983, and became a fighter pilot. He trained at the PLAAF's No. 7 Flying School and graduated in 1987.
On 12 June 1989 while flying at 13,000 feet (4000 m) his plane suffered an explosion and he lost his engine. The plane began to spin to the ground and the cabin began to heat up. Trying to regain control, he waited until the plane was 1300 to 1700 feet (400 to 500 meters) before choosing to eject. For his handling of the situation he was honored with third-class merit.
Prior to Shenzhou 10, Nie had attained the rank of Major General.
Astronaut Corps career
In January 1998, he was selected for the Chinese spaceflight program and was one of three candidates who were part of the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 flight, China's first manned spaceflight. Yang Liwei was picked for the flight, with Zhai Zhigang ranked second ahead of Nie.
Nie went into orbit, along with Fei Junlong (commander), as flight engineer of the Shenzhou 6 flight on 12 October 2005. The mission lasted just under five days.
He was selected to be the commander of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission. In 2013, Nie was selected to command the Shenzhou 10 second manned space mission to the Chinese prototype space station Tiangong 1. He became the first officer to hold general rank at the time of their launch in the Chinese space program with the Shenzhou 10 mission.
Nie was chosen in December 2019 for his third spaceflight, Shenzhou 12, which lifted off on 17 June 2021 on the first manned mission to the Tiangong space station. Nie conducted his first spacewalk outside the station on 20 August 2021.