2 . Sitting inside the Shenzhou XVI spacecraft, Gui Haichao, the first Chinese civilian on a spaceflight, together with the other two astronauts, 1 (launch) by a 20-story-tall Long March 2F carrier rocket, 2 took off at 9:31 am on May 30, 2023 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Born in 1986, Gui’s 3 (enthusiastic) for science has been developing since childhood. He had a set of encyclopedias (百科全书) from which he gained a lot of basic space knowledge. Years later, Gui Haichao attended Beihang University, 4 (major) in spacecraft design and engineering.
Gui then pursued postdoctoral research overseas and published about 20 SCI academic papers in top international journals. After returning to China, he received Beihang’s invitation to teach 5 an associate professor.
In the spring of 2018, Gui was told that China’s manned space authorities had made a decision 6 (select) the third group of astronauts, including the first spaceflight engineers and science payloads specialists. “I have been 7 fan of space exploration for many years and sometimes dreamed about doing my research in space. So excited was I on hearing this news 8 I signed up without much thought. Eventually I was 9 (successful) admitted following several demanding rounds of 10 (profession) tests,” he recalled.