Chen Quan | |
Type: | PLAAC astronaut |
Native Name: | 陈全 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Status: | Retired |
Previous Occupation: | PLAAF fighter pilot |
Rank: | Senior colonel |
Selection: | Chinese Group 1 |
Mission: | --> |
Retirement: | 2014 |
Chen Quan (; born December 1963) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Chen was born in Suining, Sichuan, China.
He joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force and became a fighter interceptor pilot and later as a regiment commander in the PLAAF.
Chen was selected to be an astronaut in 1998 and served as commander of the backup crew for Shenzhou 7 which flew in September 2008.
Chen Quan retired from the Astronaut Corps in 2014.[1]