Taylor Wang
Taylor Gun-Jin Wang | |
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| 王赣俊 | |
| Born | June 16, 1940 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Space career | |
| JPL Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 7d 00h 08m |
| Missions | STS-51-B |
Mission insignia | |
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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 Taiwanese-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.