Biographies of Shenzhou XIX crew

Song Lingdong, 34, a native of Shandong province, is a lieutenant colonel. He was recruited by the PLA Air Force in September 2008, and was a first-grade pilot and squadron commander at an Air Force fighter jet brigade, before being selected as one of the third generation of astronauts in the PLA Astronaut Division in September 2020.

He is now a fourth-grade astronaut in the division.