Taylor G. Wang

Taylor Gun-Jin Wang is a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American scientist who 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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Who was born first?

• Taylor G. Wang and Dennis Tito were born the same year
• Taylor G. Wang and Reinhard Furrer were born the same year
• Taylor G. Wang and Viktor Savinykh were born the same year
• Taylor G. Wang and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov were born the same year
• Taylor G. Wang and Georgi Ivanov were born the same year

Timeline

1. Aleksandr IvanchenkovSeptember 28, 1940 – present
2. Dennis TitoAugust 8, 1940 – present
3. Georgi IvanovJuly 2, 1940 – present
4. Reinhard FurrerNovember 25, 1940 – September 9, 1995
5. Taylor G. Wang (this page)June 16, 1940 – present
6. Viktor SavinykhMarch 7, 1940 – present

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