CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.

Zhai Zhigang

Chinese military officer and taikonaut (born 1966)

Zhai Zhigang is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a…