Liu

Personal data:

Birth date:  ??.10.1978 Birthplace:  Zhengzhou, Henan Province Marital status:  married Children:   Selection date:  ??.03.2010 Selection group:  China-2 Job:  Pilot Status:  active First Chinese woman taikonaut in space

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Additional information:

• Former pilot of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and member of the Communist Party of China.
• Enlisted in the army in 1997, Liu was a veteran pilot with 1,680 hours of flying experience and the deputy head of a flight unit of the PLA's Air Force before being recruited into China's second batch of prospective astronauts in May 2010. She is now an air force major.
• After two years of training that has shored up her astronautic skills and adaptability to the space environment, Liu excelled in testing and was selected in March this year as a candidate to crew the Shenzhou-9.