"I'm very, very satisfied with him as my teammate," he said.
Jing described Chen as quiet, careful and hard-working. "Chen is a perfectionist. He never leaves problems unsolved," he said, recalling that Chen wrote down two extra answers to a question during his exam.
FIRST-TIMER
Chen, along with Jing, will become the first Chinese astronauts to fly the highest in space, as they will dock 393 kilometers above ground level.
The first-timer is looking forward to seeing Earth from space, but his mind is more occupied by the mission at hand.
"I have many responsibilities during the mission," Chen said, "I'm driver, navigator, scientist, farmer, mechanic, and, not to mention, a janitor -- after all we must keep the spacecraft clean."
LOVING FATHER
Chen was born in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1997 and is a first-grade Air Force pilot. Before being enlisted as an astronaut, he had clocked 1,500 hours of safe flight time.
Chen is married and has five-year-old twin sons.
He likes to read, but with such a tight training schedule, he spends most of his spare time with his family. When he is at home, he loves to tell stories to his kids.
"My sons may be too young to understand what I do, but they do like the moon and stars," he said.
He tells them that daddy is just like Astro Boy, the robot hero, and can fly up high in the sky.
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