Li Guangsu

Li Guangsu is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut.

Biography

Li was born in the town of, Pei County, Jiangsu, in July 1987, to Li Houlin, and Xu Guilan. He has an older sister and a younger brother.
He applied for recruitment of Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University in 2005. He graduated from the People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University. He was enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in September 2006, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 2011.
Guangsu once served as the lieutenant colonel of a flying brigade of the Air Force Aviation Brigade and was first class pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force. He participated in the astronaut selection in May 2018 and was selected as a fourth grade astronaut into the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps in September 2020.
In 2024, he was selected as a crew member of Shenzhou 18, becoming the second astronaut from Pei County after Zhu Yangzhu. Shenzhou 18 launched on 24 April 2024, docking successfully with Tiangong on the same day, and landed on 3 November 2024 after 192 days in space.