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Chinese military pilot and astronaut

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Wang Yaping is a person from Chengdu who has spent 283681 units of time in space. She is recognized as an author with four works listed in the Open Library, including *Bian hu ren =*, *Liang dai shu*, *Liang dai shu ( xu )*, and *Xing jing dui zhang*. A separate Crossref record indicates a total of five works associated with her name.

Her profile is referenced by 39 other encyclopedia articles. Wang Yaping was born in 1980.

Synthesized by Vinony from 10 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Bian hu ren =
  • Liang dai shu
  • Liang dai shu ( xu )
  • Xing jing dui zhang

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
Chengdu

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Key facts

Born
January 1980 (age 46) , Yantai , Shandong, China
Alma mater
Changchun Flight College
Spouse
Zhao Peng
Previous occupation
Military transport pilot , People's Liberation Army Air Force
Status
Active
Rank
Senior colonel , People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Time in space
197 days, 1 minute
Selection
Chinese Group 2 (2010)
Total eva time
6 hours, 25 minutes
Missions
Shenzhou 10 , Shenzhou 13
Traditional chinese
王亞平
Simplified chinese
王亚平
Hanyu pinyin
Wáng Yàpíng
Ipa
[wa ̌ ŋ ja ̂ pʰi ̌ ŋ]

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Wang at Shenzhou 13 launch ceremony in October 2021

Wang Yaping (Chinese: 王亚平; pinyin: Wáng Yàpíng; born January 1980) is a Chinese military transport pilot and taikonaut. Wang was the second female taikonaut selected to the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps, the second Chinese woman in space, and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wang Yaping” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.