Shenzhou IX took two male and one female taikonauts into space on June 16th, 2012. OnJune 291h, Shenzhou IX returned to the earth and all the three taikonauts were good.

The female taikonaut is Liu Yang. She was born in 1978 in Henan Province. In 2010, she became one of China's second batch(批)of taikonauts. And she was the first female taikonaut in China.

One of the male taikonauts is Jing Haipeng. Jing Haipeng was born in 1966 in Shanxi Province. He joined the army in 1985. He became a taikonaut in 1998.

Liu Wang is the other male taikonaut of Shenzhou IX. He was born in 1969 in Shanxi Province. He joined the army in 1988. He became one of China's first batch of taikonauts in 1998.