On the afternoon of December 7, Beijing Space City held a meeting of the Shen 12 multipliers group. This was the first time that Shenzhou XII had officially met with the media and the public after returning from the group. At the meeting, Jing Haipeng, the captain of the Shenzhou 12 crew, introduced the recovery situation and follow-up plans after the return of the crew as the captain of the astronaut brigade.
Shenzhou 12 astronaut crew and reporters met with reporters. Source China Manned Space Engineering Office
According to Jing Haipeng, the recovery period after the normal return of the group flight is mainly divided into three stages: isolation recovery stage, convalescence recovery stage and recovery observation stage. As of now, the second phase of the multiplyer has been completed. On the whole, the astronauts were emotionally stable, in a good psychological state, their weight was stable at the pre-flight level, and their muscle strength, endurance and motor cardiopulmonary function reserves were further restored, achieving the expected results. Next, it is fully moved to the recovery observation phase. After returning from the mission, the 3 astronauts will be transferred to normal training work.
The 14 people took off the flight logo and replaced it with a golden space logo
The astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was established on January 5, 1998. According to Xinhua News Agency, on the same day, in Beijing Space City, 14 pilots from the air force unit faced the bright red national flag, clenched their fists, and made a solemn vow that "the motherland's manned spaceflight cause is above all else and will make unremitting efforts to realize the Chinese nation's dream of flying in the sky."
The first batch of 14 Chinese members of the Astronaut Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Deng Qingming, Nie Haisheng, Yang Liwei, Wu Jie, Fei Junlong, Zhao Chuandong, Zhai Zhigang, Liu Wang, Jing Haipeng, Liu Boming, Li Qinglong, Chen Quan, Zhang Xiaoguang, and Pan Zhanchun uniformly took off the flight logo and replaced it with a golden aerospace logo inlaid with the earth symbol, and completed the ceremony, which also marked the official establishment of the astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
According to public information, in May 2010, China completed the selection of the second batch of astronauts and added 7 new astronauts. Up to now, China has successfully completed the selection of the third batch of astronaut teams. Among them are air force pilots, aerospace flight engineers from scientific research institutes, and payload experts from scientific research units.
The astronaut brigade is the backbone of China's manned space flight. From October 15 to 16, 2003, Yang Liwei, China's "first person in space", successfully entered space by the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, and the astronaut brigade was awarded the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut Brigade" by the Central Military Commission.
From October 12 to 16, 2005, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng successfully entered space on the Shenzhou 6 spacecraft, achieving a major leap from "one person a day" to "many people and many days"; from September 25 to 28, 2008, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng successfully entered space on the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft, successfully completing the first space capsule walk, allowing the vast space to witness the bright colors of the five-star red flag.
From the realization of multi-person multi-day, to space capsule, to rendezvous and docking and astronauts' mid-term on-orbit residency, the members of the astronaut brigade have achieved a series of major breakthroughs in successfully completing many manned spaceflight missions.
Jing Haipeng is the fourth captain of China's astronaut brigade
The first captain of the astronaut brigade was Colonel Shen Xingyun, who was responsible for the selection of the first batch of astronauts in China and the preparation and formation of the astronaut brigade. Since 1996, he has served as the head of the astronaut brigade for more than 13 years, and from 2003 to 2008, he has led the crew of manned space flights to jiuquan satellite launch base three times, and successfully completed the shenzhou 5, shenzhou 6 and shenzhou 7 missions.
After Shen Xingyun, it was Fei Junlong. According to Xinhua News Agency, in April 2009, Fei Junlong served as the captain of the astronaut brigade. Began to manage two batches of more than 10 astronauts, including Liu Yang and Wang Yaping, two female team members. In 2014, he began to serve as the deputy director of the Astronaut Center, in terms of identity, he is both an astronaut, a manager, and a planner of astronaut training.
In 2014, Fei Junlong stopped serving as the captain of the Chinese astronaut brigade, and was replaced by Nie Haisheng. Under his leadership, he and all the astronauts insisted on hard training and tenacious struggle to ensure the successful completion of various training tasks and major test tasks. The brigade was awarded the first class of collective merit, and the astronaut group won the titles of "Model of the Times" and "Most Beautiful Strivers".
On December 7, 2021, Jing Haipeng appeared at the Shen 12th Group Meeting as the captain of the astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. According to the China Military Network, after Jing Haipeng was selected as the first batch of astronauts in China in 1998, after years of hard training, he successfully completed the training tasks of hundreds of subjects in eight categories, such as basic theory, adaptability of the aerospace environment, and professional technology, and Jing Haipeng passed various assessments with excellent results.
Jing Haipeng achieved the first spacewalk Chinese
As one of the first batch of astronauts in China, Jing Haipeng successfully completed three manned missions of Shenzhou 7, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 11. In September 2008, he was ordered to fly the Shenzhou VII manned mission, working closely with two other astronauts to achieve the first spacewalk Chinese.
Jing Haipeng. The source of the image "Our Space" is official
According to the People's Daily, through his own experience, Jing Haipeng actively participated in system design, product development, and technical research, completed nearly 100 space science experiment tasks with excellence, and successively put forward hundreds of suggestions for improvement, injecting innovative vitality into the development of manned spaceflight and science and technology.
Previously, when performing the Shenqi mission, in the face of the situation that the hatch could not be opened and the orbital module sudden fire alarm, Jing Haipeng accurately judged the unexpected danger, calmly and calmly, accurately controlled, and together with two other astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, successfully completed the first space outgoing mission of China's astronauts. At the same time, during the execution of the Eleventh Mission of the Gods, the sudden voice communication was interrupted for a long time, and he promptly checked the fault and restored the smooth communication through the coordination of heaven and earth to ensure the completion of the task.
It is understood that Jing Haipeng has won 1 special prize and 1 first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and was awarded the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut" by the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission in 2008. On July 28, 2017, he was awarded the "August 1st Medal". On November 5, 2021, he was elected as a national model of dedication.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Jianlin
Edited by Liu Xixian Proofreader Fu Chunyan