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{{Short description|Chinese taikonaut (born 1969)}}
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'''Liu Wang''' ({{zh|s=刘旺|t=劉旺|p=Liú Wàng}}, born 25 March 1969) is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[aviator|pilot]] selected as part of the [[Shenzhou spacecraft|Shenzhou program]].

== Early life ==
He was born in a rural village in the [[Pingyao County]], [[Shanxi]] province of China on March 25, 1969 to a family of farmers. He enrolled at the [[PLA Air Force Aviation University]] in 1988 and studied to be a fighter pilot.

== Air Force career ==
Then, he became a [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]. He was selected to be an astronaut in 1998.

== Spaceflight career ==
Liu Wang was selected to be part of the crew of [[Shenzhou 9]], the first crewed mission to the first Chinese space station, [[Tiangong 1]]. Also on the mission is [[Jing Haipeng]], the first Chinese repeat space traveller, and the first Chinese female astronaut, [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]].<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>

== See also ==
* [[List of Chinese astronauts]]
* [[Chinese space programme]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Liu Wang}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050903004834/http://astronautix.com/astros/liuwang.htm Liu Wang] at the [[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]. Accessed 23 July 2005.
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/liu_wang.htm Spacefacts biography of Liu Wang]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Shenzhou program astronauts]]
[[Category:People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps]]
[[Category:People's Liberation Army Air Force personnel]]


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