Chinese astronauts, especially those from China who fly into space by spaceship. People who fly into space by spaceship are astronauts, also called astronauts. The classification of astronauts can be divided into professional and non-professional categories according to occupation, and generally divided into pilots, mission experts and load experts according to tasks, or commanders, pilots, airborne engineers and flight engineers.

Recently, tourist astronauts have appeared for the purpose of tourism. Astronauts are pioneers in exploring space. As astronauts, they need to have lofty dedication, profound knowledge, extraordinary working ability, excellent environmental tolerance, good psychological quality and healthy physical conditions.

For more than 20 years, all astronauts of the China People's Liberation Army Astronaut Brigade have cherished the dream of strengthening the country, determined to strengthen the army and devoted themselves to space flight. With the ambition of landing on the moon in nine days and extraordinary space combat capability, they have made 14 person-times to brave the sky, cruised in space for 68 days, traveled more than 46 million kilometers, and won the overall victory of six manned missions, making outstanding contributions to China's manned space cause.

In the great journey of strengthening the country and the army, it set an example for the vanguard. Three people won the special prize of national scientific and technological progress, four won the first prize of national scientific and technological progress, 1 person won the first prize of military scientific and technological progress, and 1 person was elected as "100 person who touched China since the founding of New China".

1 1 astronauts were awarded the honorary titles of "space hero" and "heroic astronaut" by the Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, and the astronaut brigade was awarded the honorary title of "heroic astronaut brigade" by the Central Military Commission. 1 astronauts were awarded the August 1st Medal, and the astronaut brigade was awarded the titles of "the most beautiful struggler" and "the model of the times".