Astronaut Tang Hongbo sent a message to the youth: The "sea of stars" of the aerospace industry is waiting for you who are young and promising

On the afternoon of December 17, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists, and representatives of party members in the field of manned spaceflight met and exchanged views with Chinese and foreign journalists around "flying in the sky and writing loyalty to dreams".

Born in 1975, Tang Hongbo joined the army in 1995, joined the Communist Party of China in 1997, and Chinese a second-class astronaut of the Astronaut Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. Since joining the astronaut brigade in May 2010, Tang Hongbo has the lofty ambition of dedicating himself to aerospace and serving the motherland, and has completed hundreds of training tasks in eight categories with great intensity and difficulty in the face of high training intensity and difficulty. Vigorously carry forward the spirit of manned spaceflight, which is particularly able to endure hardships, fight, tackle key problems, and dedicate, challenge the limit, forge flying wings, and after 11 years of persistence, finally soar into the sky.

From June 17 to September 17, 2021, Tang Hongbo carried out the Shenzhou 12 mission. In the face of the long orbital flight time, difficult control and heavy workload of the space station mission, especially the extremely complex and high risk of the outgoing activity technology, he cooperated closely with the other two astronauts in the 3-month flight to successfully complete the first space capsule activity in the space station stage, the first station and core module station status settings, a number of on-orbit reality/tests, daily care of the aircraft and other tasks, and "looking up at the starry sky and talking about the heavenly palace" and other popular science activities.

Astronauts often say that "the body is weightless, the mind is never weightless." Tang Hongbo said, "I know deeply that it was the party that cultivated me and the people's army that cultivated me, which made me grow from an ordinary rural student to a pilot and an astronaut, and it was the strength of the motherland that made a strong support for the aerospace industry." I will not forget my original intention, keep in mind the mission, and make more achievements in the new era. ”

Talking about the spirit of manned spaceflight, Tang Hongbo said that this is a spiritual quality accumulated in the development of the manned space industry and shared by everyone, a precious spiritual wealth, and a vivid embodiment of our party's fine traditions and the spirit of the times. At the same time, it is also the red gene that our astronauts have passed down from generation to generation. In the new era, we must build a space station, to complete the "three-step" development goal of manned space development, it is particularly necessary to draw nutrition and energy from the "four specials" of the spirit of manned spaceflight, strive to forge ahead into the sea of stars, and make greater contributions in the new era.

He said: "At present, our space industry is booming, there are dozens of space launch missions every year, and the space station will be built." In the future, we will launch optical modules and space stations for common orbit flight, so we need a large number of talents with different professional knowledge, professional backgrounds, and interests in the aerospace industry to join our team. Therefore, the aerospace industry 'Sea of Stars' is waiting for you young and promising. ”

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Li Ruyi Liu Suya

Edited by Meng Ziwei

Process Editor Yan Shengmiao