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'''Wu Jie''' ({{zh|s=吴杰|t=吳杰|p=Wú Jié}}) is a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] military [[aviator|pilot]] and [[astronaut|taikonaut]] selected as part of the [[Shenzhou spacecraft|Shenzhou program]].

==Biography==
Wu Jie was born in [[Zhengzhou]], [[Henan]] province, [[China]]. In 1987 he graduated from the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] (PLAAF) Engineering College and later the PLAAF Flight College. A [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the PLAAF, he had accumulated 1100 flight-hours.<ref name="astronautix">{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/w/wujie.html|title=Wu Jie|last=|first=|date=|website=www.astronautix.com|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]|access-date=2023-06-04}}</ref>

In November 1996, [[Li Qinglong]] and Wu Jie started training at the Russian [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center]].<ref name="astronautix"/> Along with the 12 candidates selected in 1998, they formed Group 1 of the [[People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps]].<ref name="Xi2003">{{cite news |last1=Xi |first1=Qixin |last2=Fan |first2=Juwein |last3=Liu |first3=Cheng |date=2003-10-17 |title=中国航天员诞生记 |trans-title=Birth of Chinese Astronauts |website=[[People's Daily]] |agency=[[Xinhua]] |editor-last=Xu |editor-first=Dongmei |url=http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/1059/2139570.html |access-date=2018-11-11 |archive-date=2012-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520145712/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/keji/1059/2139570.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Before the flight of [[Shenzhou 5]] it was thought that he or Li Qinglong would fly the mission, that was eventually flown by [[Yang Liwei]].

Wu was then one of the six astronauts in the final training for [[Shenzhou 6]].

Wu Jie retired from the Astronaut Corps in 2014.<ref name="Xue2018">{{Cite news |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2018-01/23/c_129797343.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101237/http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2018-01/23/c_129797343.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |title=中国航天员:矢志飞天 初心不改 |last=Xue |first=Yanwen |date=2018-01-24 |access-date=2018-11-11 |agency=Xinhua News Agency |last2=Shan |first2=Ruchao |editor-last=Yang |editor-first=Ru |trans-title=Chinese Astronauts: Dedicated to Space Flight, Remain True to Original Intention |last3=Li |first3=Xiaofan}}</ref>

== References  ==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050906013225/http://astronautix.com/astros/wujie.htm Wu Jie] at the [[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]. Accessed 23 July 2005.
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/wu_jie.htm Spacefacts biography of Wu Jie]
*{{Cite news|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/031006054344.c8enl4v0.html|title=China could launch second manned space flight within six months|publisher=SpaceDaily|date=October 6, 2003}}

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[[Category:Shenzhou program]]
[[Category:People from Zhengzhou]]
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