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Zhai was born in Longjiang County, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province. He enrolled at the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Institute, became a Fighter aircraft|fighter Aviator|pilot, then as a squadron leader. Despite logging only 1000 hours of flying time, he became Lieutenant Colonel and a pilot trainer in the PLAFF. In 1996 Lieutenant Colonel Zhai was selected to trial for the astronaut program and was selected to be the first group of fourteen in 1998. He was one of three astronauts who were part of the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 flight. Yang Liwei was picked for the flight, with Zhai Zhigang ranked second ahead of Nie Haisheng. Zhai was one of the six astronauts in the final training for Shenzhou 6. The Ta Kung Pao newspaper had reported that Zhai Zhigang and Nie Haisheng were the leading pair, after having been in the final group of three for Shenzhou 5. However, Zhai had been paired with Wu Jie during training. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng flew the flight. Zhai favourite pastimes are calligraphy, likes to dance and enjoys tinkering with gadgets. He is married to Zhang Shujing and has one son.
Category:1966 births Category:Astronauts|Zhai Zhigang Category:Taikonaut|Zhai Zhigang Category:Shenzhou programme|Zhai Zhigang de:Zhai Zhigang pl:Zhai Zhigang This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Zhai Zhigang".
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