| Zhang Xiaoguang | |
| Type: | PLAAC astronaut |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| Birth Place: | Jinzhou, Liaoning |
| Previous Occupation: | PLAAF fighter pilot |
| Time: | 14 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes |
| Selection: | Chinese Group 1 |
| Mission: | Shenzhou 10 |
Zhang Xiaoguang (; born May 1966) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
He was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People's Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission.[1] In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.[2]
Shenzhou 10 was launched on 11 June 2013, at 09:38 UTC (17:38 local time) on a Long March 2F rocket.[3] It docked to the Tiangong-1 space station, and the crew spent 12 days on board.Zhang returned to Earth on Wednesday, 26 June 2013 00:07 UTC. Total mission duration was 14 days 14 hours and 29 minutes.[4]