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ASTRONAUT

Zhai Zhigang

1966 - Today

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Zhai Zhigang (Chinese: 翟志刚; pinyin: Zhái Zhìgāng; born 11 October 1966) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhai Zhigang has received more than 188,442 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Zhai Zhigang is the 254th most popular astronaut (up from 282nd in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from China (down from 827th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Astronaut.

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  • 190k

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  • 41.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Zhai Zhigang ranks 254 out of 524. Before him are Dale Gardner, John L. Phillips, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Salizhan Sharipov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, and Guion Bluford. After him are Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Karen Nyberg, Catherine Coleman, Yury Usachov, Mikhail Kornienko, and Mikhail Tyurin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Zhai Zhigang ranks 322. Before him are David Mackenzie, Zlatko Yankov, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Maurizio Gaudino, and A. R. Rahman. After him are Gem Archer, Betinho, Kevin Young, Lucrecia Martel, Luca Marchegiani, and Jeff Healey.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhai Zhigang ranks 908 out of 1,392. Before him are Jin Xing (1967), Su Tong (1963), Johnny Chan (1957), Guo Jinlong (1947), Lay Zhang (1991), and He Pingping (1988). After him are Hu Jun (1968), Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (1973), Chen Danqing (1953), Zheng Zhi (1980), Tyrus Wong (1910), and Huang Zitao (1993).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In China

Among astronauts born in China, Zhai Zhigang ranks 5. Before him are Shannon Lucid (1943), Yang Liwei (1965), Taylor Wang (1940), and Liu Yang (1978). After him are Wang Yaping (1980), Nie Haisheng (1964), Liu Boming (1966), Fei Junlong (1965), Jing Haipeng (1966), Liu Wang (1969), and Chen Dong (1978).

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