Wu Jie

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.

Wu Jie
吴杰
Wu Jie on a 2010 Somalian stamp
Born	(1963-10-26) October 26, 1963 (age 61)[2] Zhengzhou, Henan
Status	Retired
Space career
PLAAC astronaut
Previous occupation	PLAAF fighter pilot
Selection	Chinese Group 1
Retirement	2014 (2014)[1]

Wu Jie (simplified Chinese: 吴杰; traditional Chinese: 吳杰; pinyin: Wú Jié) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Biography

Wu Jie was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. In 1987 he graduated from the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Engineering College and later the PLAAF Flight College. A fighter pilot in the PLAAF, he had accumulated 1100 flight-hours.[2]

In November 1996, Li Qinglong and Wu Jie started training at the Russian Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center.[2] Along with the 12 candidates selected in 1998, they formed Group 1 of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps.[3]

Before the flight of Shenzhou 5 it was thought that he or Li Qinglong would fly the mission, that was eventually flown by Yang Liwei.

Wu was then one of the six astronauts in the final training for Shenzhou 6.

Wu Jie retired from the Astronaut Corps in 2014.[1]

References

1. Xue, Yanwen; Shan, Ruchao; Li, Xiaofan (2018-01-24). Yang, Ru (ed.). "中国航天员:矢志飞天 初心不改" [Chinese Astronauts: Dedicated to Space Flight, Remain True to Original Intention]. Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
2. "Wu Jie". www.astronautix.com. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
3. Xi, Qixin; Fan, Juwein; Liu, Cheng (2003-10-17). Xu, Dongmei (ed.). "中国航天员诞生记" [Birth of Chinese Astronauts]. People's Daily. Xinhua. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2018-11-11.

External links

• Wu Jie at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 23 July 2005.
• Spacefacts biography of Wu Jie
• "China could launch second manned space flight within six months". SpaceDaily. October 6, 2003.