Chen Dong

Chen Dong (; born 12 December 1978) is a Chinese fighter pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. A fighter pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, he was selected to be a CNSA taikonaut in 2010. In December 2022, he set a new record for longest stay in space by a Chinese astronaut with a cumulative 214 days in space. Early life and education Chen was born in Luoyang, Henan, on 12 December 1978 from a working-class family. Both his father Chen Shulin and mother Huang Yan were workers at Luoyang Copper Processing Group Material Adjustment Co., Ltd. (formerly Luoyang Copper Processing Factory), and he has an elder brother named Chen Bo. He secondary studied at Luoyang Copper Processing Factory High School (now Jinghua Campus of Luoyang Second High School). He holds a master's degree in engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University.