Song Lingdong
{{Short description|Chinese astronaut (born 1990)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Song|lang=Chinese}}
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| type = PLAAC astronaut
| nationality = {{Flagdeco|China}} Chinese
| status = Active
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990|08}}
| birth_place = Heze, Shandong, China
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| previous_occupation = {{Flagdeco|China|air force}} PLAAF fighter pilot
| space_time = 182 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes
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| selection = Chinese Group 3
| missions = Shenzhou 19
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| p = Sòng Lìngdōng
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Song Lingdong ({{zh|s=宋令东}}; born August 1990) is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Biography
Song was born in Heze, Shandong, in August 1990. In 2007, he enrolled at Air Force Aviation University. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 2013.{{cite news |author1=Zhang Wei ({{lang|zh|张伟}}) |author2=Wang Gang ({{lang|zh|王刚}}) |url=https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20241029A02LQQ00 |script-title=zh:“龙马组合”来了 神十九乘组亮相！ |work=qq.com |date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |language=zh}}
Song was an air force pilot.
On 29 October 2024, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze were assigned to the Shenzhou 19 crewed spaceflight mission.{{cite news |title=China unveils Shenzhou-19 crew for space station mission |url=https://english.news.cn/20241029/0824986e92b74d9da04d1c71e59a527f/c.html |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=news.cn |date=29 October 2024}} Then, on 17 December 2024, during this mission's first EVA, he broke the record with Cai Xuzhe for the longest spacewalk in human history, of 9 hours and 6 minutes, with the assistance of the space station's robotic arms and ground-based scientific personnel, completed tasks such as the installation of space debris protection devices, inspection, and maintenance of external equipment and facilities.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2024-12-17 |title=Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk |url=https://spacenews.com/shenzhou-19-astronauts-complete-record-breaking-9-hour-spacewalk/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}
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Category:PLA Air Force Aviation University alumni
Category:Shenzhou program astronauts
Category:People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps
Category:People's Liberation Army Air Force personnel
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