Song Lingdong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.
Song Lingdong
BornAugust 1990 (age 34–35)
Heze, Shandong, China
StatusActive
Nationality Chinese
Space career
PLAAC astronaut
Previous occupation
 PLAAF fighter pilot
Rank, PLAGF
Time in space
182 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes
SelectionChinese Group 3
MissionsShenzhou 19
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese宋令东
Traditional Chinese宋令東
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Lìngdōng

Song Lingdong (Chinese: 宋令东; born August 1990) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Biography

Song was born in Heze, Shandong, in August 1990.[1] In 2007, he enrolled at Air Force Aviation University. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.[1]

Song was an air force pilot.

On 29 October 2024, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze were assigned to the Shenzhou 19 crewed spaceflight mission.[2] Then, on 17 December 2024, during this mission's first EVA, he broke the record with Cai Xuzhe for the longest spacewalk in human history, of 9 hours and 6 minutes, with the assistance of the space station's robotic arms and ground-based scientific personnel, completed tasks such as the installation of space debris protection devices, inspection, and maintenance of external equipment and facilities.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Zhang Wei (张伟); Wang Gang (王刚) (29 October 2024). “龙马组合”来了 神十九乘组亮相！. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ "China unveils Shenzhou-19 crew for space station mission". news.cn. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ Jones, Andrew (2024-12-17). "Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-12-18.



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