Song Lingdong

Song Lingdong is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program.

Biography

Song was born in Heze, Shandong, in August 1990. In 2007, he enrolled at Air Force Aviation University. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in September 2008, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 2013.
Song was an air force pilot.
On 29 October 2024, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze were assigned to the Shenzhou 19 crewed spaceflight mission. Then, on 17 December 2024, during this mission's first EVA, he broke the record with Cai Xuzhe for the longest spacewalk in human history, of 9 hours and 6 minutes, with the assistance of the space station's robotic arms and ground-based scientific personnel, completed tasks such as the installation of space debris protection devices, inspection, and maintenance of external equipment and facilities.