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{{Short description|Chinese taikonaut (born 1966)}}
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{{Family name hatnote|[[Jing (surname)|Jing]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox astronaut
| name                = Jing Haipeng
| image               = Jing Haipeng.JPG
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| type                = [[People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps|PLAAC]] [[astronaut]]
| nationality         = {{Flagicon|PRC}} [[China|Chinese]]
| status              = Active
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Yuncheng]], [[Shanxi]], China
| death_date          =
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| awards              = [[File:Order of August First ribbon.png|40px]] [[Order of August First]] (2017)
| current_occupation  = {{Army|China|name=PLA Ground Force|size=23px}} [[82nd Group Army]] vice-commander
| previous_occupation = {{Air force|China|name=PLA Air Force|size=23px}} [[fighter pilot]]
| rank                = [[Major General]]
| space_time          = 201 days, 17 hours and 2 minutes<ref name="stats">{{cite web |url = http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/jing_haipen.htm |title = Biographies of Taikonauts (yuhangyuans) |website = Spacefacts.de |date = 18 November 2016 |access-date = 2016-11-18 }}</ref>
| selection           = [[List of astronauts by selection#1998|Chinese Group 1]]
| missions            = [[Shenzhou 7]], [[Shenzhou 9]], [[Shenzhou 11]], [[Shenzhou 16]]
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'''Jing Haipeng''' ({{zh |s = 景海鹏 |t = 景海鵬 |p = Jǐng Hǎipéng }}; born 24 October 1966) is a [[major general]] of the [[People's Liberation Army Ground Force]] (PLAGF) in active service as a vice-commander of the [[82nd Group Army]]. A [[fighter pilot]] in the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force|PLA Air Force]] (PLAAF), he was selected to be a [[People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps|PLA Astronaut Corps]] (PLAAC) [[astronaut]] in 1998. He was the first [[List of Chinese astronauts|Chinese astronaut]] to have flown on more than one mission and remains the only one to have flown on four ([[Shenzhou 7]], [[Shenzhou 9]], [[Shenzhou 11]], [[Shenzhou 16]]).  He also held the Chinese record for longest time spent in space from 2016 to 2021 (47 days) and again from 2023 (201 days), until his record was overtaken by [[Tang Hongbo]] in February 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/t/tang-h.php | title=Tang.H }}</ref>

== Career ==
Jing was one of the six trainees for the [[Shenzhou 6]] mission.

=== Shenzhou 7 ===
Jing, along with [[Liu Boming (astronaut)|Liu Boming]] and [[Zhai Zhigang]] were selected for the prime crew on [[Shenzhou 7]] on 17 September 2008. On 25 September 2008, at 21:10 CST, they launched into space as the first three-man crew for China aboard China's third [[human spaceflight]] mission.<ref>[[CCTV-1]] live telecast; airdate 25 September 2008, circa 21:00 CST</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/26/content_7060750.htm|title = Shenzhou VII launched for 1st spacewalk}}</ref>

=== Shenzhou 9 ===
Jing was selected as commander of [[Shenzhou 9]], becoming the first repeat traveller of the Chinese program.<ref name="Space.com-2012-06-15" /> He commanded<ref name="LFP-2012-06-18" /> the first crewed mission to dock with the first Chinese space station, [[Tiangong 1]], with the first female astronaut, [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]]. The third member of his crew was [[Liu Wang]].<ref name="Space.com-2012-06-15">SPACE.com, [http://www.space.com/16158-china-female-astronaut-crew-shenzhou-9.html "China Unveils Astronaut Crew, 1st Female Spaceflyer, for Saturday Launch"], 15 June 2012, [[Clara Moskowitz]]</ref><ref name="LFP-2012-06-18">London Free Press, [https://lfpress.com/tech/news/2012/06/18/19889406.html "China completes successful space docking"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010103/http://www.lfpress.com/tech/news/2012/06/18/19889406.html |date=28 September 2017 }}, Reuters, 18 June 2012</ref> The mission was launched on 16 June 2012,<ref name="Space.com-2012-06-15" /> returning to Earth on 29 June 2012.<ref name="ABCShen">{{cite web|title= China's first female astronaut touches down |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=29 June 2012 |url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/chinese-astronauts-return-to-earth/4100648 |access-date=29 June 2012 }}</ref>

=== Shenzhou 11 ===
On 15 October 2016, a press release indicated Jing Haipeng would be the commander of the [[Shenzhou 11]] mission, that was slated for departure only two days later.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://twitter.com/cctvnews/status/787460569229963264 |title = CCTVNEWS on Twitter |publisher = CCTV |via = Twitter |access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> The Shenzhou 11 launched at 07:30 on 17 October 2016 local time (23:30 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] on 16 October 2016) from the [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]] using a [[Long March 2F]] [[launch vehicle]].<ref name="BBC_16_Oct_2016">{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37670842 |title = China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mission |publisher=BBC News |date=16 October 2016 |access-date=2016-10-17 }}</ref> The crew landed successfully after the 33 day mission on 18 November 2016.The reentry module of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft landed in [[Inner Mongolia]] around 2.15 p.m (China time) after detaching from the space lab on 17 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/asia/china-space-shenzhou-11/index.html|title=Shenzhou-11 astronauts return home after China's longest-ever space mission|author=James Griffiths |date=18 November 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> After landing, Jing Haipeng held the record for the most cumulative time in space by a Chinese citizen with 47 days<ref name=landing>{{cite news |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/18/shenzhou-11-landing/|title=Two Chinese astronauts back on Earth|website=Spaceflight Now|date=18 November 2016|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> until 2021 when [[Nie Haisheng]] accumulated 111 days after the [[Shenzhou 12]] mission.

In July 2017, [[Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)|Chairman]] [[Xi Jinping]] awarded Jing the [[Order of August First]], the highest military award of [[China|People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170728/51522244_0.shtml |title=景海鹏、程开甲、王刚等10人被授予"八一勋章"|date=2017-07-28|publisher=Phoenix News|language=zh}}</ref>

=== Shenzhou 16 ===
On 30 May 2023, Jing returned to space for the fourth time as the commander of [[Shenzhou 16]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Warm welcome for Shenzhou 16 crew at China's Tiangong space station |date=2023-05-30 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611110311/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3222249/china-counts-down-final-minutes-shenzhou-16-space-launch |archive-date=2023-06-11 |url-status=live |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3222249/china-counts-down-final-minutes-shenzhou-16-space-launch}}</ref> Shenzhou 16 successfully returned to Earth on 31 October 2023 after over 153 days in space, bringing Jing's cumulative time in space to over 201 days and allowing him to reclaim the Chinese record.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.salon.com/2023/10/31/three-astronauts-from-chinese-space-station-land-safely-after-6-months-afloat/ | title=Three astronauts from Chinese space station land safely after 6 months afloat | date=November 2023 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
* [[List of Chinese astronauts]]
* [[Chinese space programme]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Jing Haipeng}}
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/jing_haipeng.htm Spacefacts biography of Jing Haipeng]

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