Taylor Wang
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Taylor Gun-Jin Wang (simplified Chinese: 王赣骏; traditional Chinese: 王贛駿; pinyin: Wáng Gànjùn; born June 16, 1940) is a Chinese-born American scientist and in 1985, became the first person of Chinese origin to go into space. While an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Wang was a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-B.
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Taylor Gun-Jin Wang | |
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王赣俊 | |
Born | (1940-06-16) June 16, 1940 (age 83) |
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | Scientist |
Space career | |
JPL Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 7d 00h 08m |
Missions | STS-51-B |
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