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Zhang Hongzhang
Chinese taikonaut (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zhang Hongzhang (Chinese: 张洪章; born April 1986) is a Chinese researcher, payload specialist, and taikonaut selected for the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). He is set to fly on the Shenzhou 21 mission, his first spaceflight.
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Early life and education
Zhang Hongzhang was born in April 1986 in the town of Linchi, in Zouping, Shandong.[1][2] He has an elder sister named Zhang Hong'en (张洪恩) .[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 2004.[3] He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Shandong University in 2008.[1][2] He subsequently pursued his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, graduating in 2013 from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP).[1][2]
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Scientific career
Zhang was a researcher and group leader at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences after graduation.[1][2] His research focused on high-specific-energy battery technologies, including new-system flow batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, and lithium-ion batteries.[1][2] He authored over 30 research papers, applied for more than 60 patents, and received several provincial-level awards for technological invention.[1][2]
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Astronaut career
In September 2020, Zhang was selected as one of China's third batch of astronauts, qualifying as a payload specialist.[1][3][2] After comprehensive training and evaluation, he was assigned to the Shenzhou 21 mission.[1][3][2] As a payload specialist, his primary responsibility aboard the space station is managing scientific experiments and technological application research.[1]
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