People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps
Unit of the Chinese military responsible for the training of astronauts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC; Chinese: 中国人民解放军航天员大队), also known as the Chinese Astronaut Corps (Chinese: 中国航天员大队), is a Beijing-based sub-corps-level People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF)[needs update] unit directly under the PLASSF Space Systems Department (PLASSF-SSD) and is responsible for the selection and training of astronaut corps for Project 921, the Chinese manned space program.[1]
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People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps | |
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Active | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party |
Branch | People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force |
Part of | People's Liberation Army |
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