April 24 is the "China Space Day", looking back at the mainland's 66-year history of spaceflight, especially the history of aviation manned aerial vehicles since the smooth lift-off of Shenzhou 5 in 2003, people not only lament the rapid development of the mainland's space industry.
However, in addition to scientific researchers and astronauts traveling in space, another group of people who have made great contributions to China's space industry deserve people's attention.
The "hero" who struggles on the other front of the aerospace industry
Although they are not astronauts, they are closely related to astronauts, and they silently pay and support the great space cause behind the astronauts.
They are the wives of astronauts.
Today we will take a look at the dedication and sacrifices made by the lovers behind these great aviation heroes in China for the aviation cause, and what positions they were assigned after the success of their husbands, which can be said to be the "real golden rice bowl".
The "golden rice bowl" of astronaut wives
In order to let the astronauts work without distraction, the state will not only try to arrange the astronauts' own food, clothing, shelter and transportation, but also give some care to their families in life and work.
First of all, in order to allow the astronauts to have a stable environment to rest in their spare time, the state arranged for their families to be transferred from other places to Beijing, enter the space city, and allocate housing to them.
This is convenient for astronauts to meet with their relatives, which is conducive to the harmony of astronauts' families and allows astronauts to enjoy more care from their families.
If the astronaut's wife or family needs to go out, the state will also arrange for guards to send them to ensure travel safety.
In addition, whether it is their parents, wives or children, they can enjoy free medical benefits when they see a doctor in a military hospital.
The most enviable thing is that the spouse of an astronaut can recruit into the army and arrange work without participating in any assessment.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this is not only an "iron rice bowl", but also a "golden rice bowl".
The nature of astronauts' work is extremely special, it is full of challenges, unknowns and dangers, and the wholehearted support of family members is particularly important, it is the most important spiritual pillar and strong backing of astronauts.
Jing Haipeng once said: "The greatest romance is companionship." ”
Liu Boming also said: "The Aerospace Medal has half a wife." ”
From these words, it can be seen that successful astronauts have excellent wives behind them.
The heavy responsibility of the astronaut wives
As the other half of the astronauts, their wives not only need to understand the work of supporting their lovers, but also take on more than the wives of ordinary families:
First of all, the profession of astronaut makes their training intense, difficult and dangerous, and officially lifting off to work on a spacecraft requires risking their lives.
So whether they're on the ground or in space, the astronaut's wife is always worried about them.
Liu Wang's wife, Wang Wei, grew up as the head of the military academy, and during Liu Wang's service in Zhengzhou, the two met and married.
At that time, Wang Wei was working at a communications company in Zhengzhou, and when Liu Wang was training, she took care of her family at home.
Liu Wang was asked in an interview: Is your wife a strong person?
Liu Wang replied: "There is a saying that is not necessarily appropriate to say here, but I think it makes sense: women are weak, and mothers are strong."
After becoming an astronaut's wife, Wang Wei not only had to take care of the children at home, but also had to overcome her husband's worries and worries to comfort her in-laws, which was very hard.
During the nearly two weeks that Liu Wang worked in space, his parents were very worried, rarely rested, and always stayed in front of the TV to pay attention to Liu Wang's safety in space.
As a wife, Wang Wei must be a good daughter-in-law and a good mother at this time.
She not only has to take care of the affairs of the family, but also appears more calm and calm, taking care of his parents and children for Liu Wang, which is also her most practical support for Liu Wang.
The spiritual support of the astronaut's wife
In addition, wives as astronauts have a pressure from their husbands.
The training of astronauts is difficult, in addition to bearing physical pain, mentally also under great pressure.
Every examination and selection tests their will, and this spiritual pressure is often passed on to their wives.
As close others, they not only have to share the pressure for their husbands mentally, but also help them return to work in a better state with more stable emotions.
Zhang Ji, the wife of astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang, once recalled: she silently accompanied and supported her lover's career, witnessed the arduous and difficult journey of Xiaoguang's flying road, and also felt the difficulty of being an astronaut's wife.
After her husband was selected as an astronaut, she not only cared for her two-month-old child, but also cared for both parents; the chores of life and the home and home never distracted her husband Xiaoguang.
At the same time, as a scientific and technological worker, she must also do her own job well, and cannot affect her work on the grounds of doing a good job of supporting the astronauts' families.
Zhang Ji said: "Year after year, day after day, busyness has become the whole of my youth. ”
In 2007, Zhang Xiaoguang lost the shenqi astronaut primary again, he called the phone sadly, and it was a long time after the phone was connected before he choked up and said: "Wife, I lost again."
Zhang Ji comforted: "Xiaoguang, it's okay, don't be sad, you still have a chance, in my mind you fly and don't fly are the same." ”
This sentence has always warmed Zhang Xiaoguang's heart, and after that, he mentioned it many times in his report, which shows how important the astronaut's wife is to the astronauts who bear great pressure.
In the face of the life pressure and many difficulties brought about by the special status of "astronaut wife", Zhang Ji used his own practical actions to practice the vow of "heart to heart, sharing weal and woe" with her husband.
The support and sacrifice of the wives
Zhai Zhigang's lover Zhang Shujing is a straight-talking person, they married in 1994, Zhang Shujing in order to let Zhai Zhigang concentrate on work and training, the family inside and outside the house in an orderly manner.
When Zhai Zhigang was selected as an astronaut that year, Zhang Shujing did not have any special feelings.
When she was notified to go to Beijing for medical examination as a family member, she realized the importance of her family as an astronaut.
In order not to affect Zhai Zhigang, Zhang Shujing even said: If I influence Zhai Zhigang to be selected as an astronaut, I would rather divorce him.
As the wife of an astronaut, Zhang Shujing maintains an understanding of her husband's profession and also has a sense of respect.
During Zhai Zhigang's selection into the Divine Five-Headed Flying Echelon, his mother was seriously ill, and Zhang Shujing consulted with her family while taking care of her mother-in-law and decided not to tell him the news.
Later, when Zhai Zhigang heard the news of her mother's death, Zhang Shujing saw her husband's tears for the first time and had a deeper feeling for her husband's profession.
Zhang Shujing not only handles everything in the family, but also is the spiritual pillar of Zhai Zhigang's strength.
Zhai Zhigang was selected into the echelon three times, but twice passed him by, he always insisted on not giving up, and Zhang Shujing also fully supported him.
In order not to put extra pressure on her husband, she remained silent and did not deliberately say anything, but just took better care of the family and did not let him worry.
The husband and wife maintained a tacit understanding, and later when Zhai Zhigang was selected, Zhang Shujing still knew from the unit.
And she was not particularly excited, but she only said to Zhai Zhigang: gold will always shine, and Zhai will smile with a sharp heart.
The couple celebrated the good news with their own unique tacit understanding.
At present, Zhang Shujing works in the aerospace food research department, and the astronauts' diet plans are all formulated by her unit.
Among the foods Zhai Zhigang ate when he first went to heaven was food made by Zhang Shujing and his colleagues, and according to Zhai Zhigang, the taste was not bad.
Nie Haisheng's wife, Nie Jielin, worked in the Nanchang Military Hospital in Jiangxi Province before she married, and her position was a nurse with a secondary school education, and she was usually mainly responsible for treating and caring for soldiers.
Her union with Nie Haisheng was quite fateful.
Once, the political commissar of Nie Haisheng's unit fell ill and was treated in Nie Jielin's department.
Nie Jielin patiently and professionally took care of the political commissar, so that the political commissar had a very good impression of this nurse, so the political commissar introduced her to Nie Haisheng, a subordinate who came to visit him, and achieved the later "Jiesheng" combination.
Today, Nie Jielin is a researcher at the Mainland Aerospace Medical Research Center, although she is not highly educated, but in order not to give the title of astronaut's wife a disgrace, Nie Jielin worked hard.
She taught herself aerospace medicine and English proficiency exams, and also obtained college and undergraduate degrees, which eventually broke the level.
In her work, under the leadership of several professors of the Institute, Nie Jielin worked hard in her work and made very rapid progress.
Today, she is not only proficient in several unique skills of animal experimentation, but also designs several medical programs, which have been recognized by professors.
Jing Haipeng is the only astronaut on the mainland who has landed in space three times.
His wife, Zhang Ping, has a relatively stable job in Tianjin.
Initially, when Jing Haipeng was not yet selected as an astronaut, he could go home once a day, but after being selected, he basically did not have time to go back.
Jing Haipeng's wife also did not know what he was busy with every day, and there was a lack of communication and exchange between the husband and wife.
In order to better take care of Jing Haipeng and let him train with peace of mind, Zhang Ping weighed it up again and again, and finally gave up her job to come to Beijing, mainly engaged in the overall data processing of the astronaut system.
After learning more about aerospace knowledge, Zhang Ping understood the importance and difficulty of her husband's work.
Zhang Ping knows that when she chose Jing Haipeng and chose the identity of the astronaut's wife, all she needed to do was "support".
Zhang Ping said: For so many years, I have been "waiting" for the phone, he gave me, I answered; he did not call me, I will definitely not take the initiative to call, just so as not to "drag jing haipeng".
Zhang Yumei, the wife of Yang Liwei, the first astronaut on the mainland, is a middle school teacher and a colleague of Yang Liwei's mother.
At work, Yang Liwei's mother felt that Zhang Yumei was a rare good girl and introduced her son to her.
Later, Yang Liwei and Zhang Yumei had a long-term relationship and formed a family.
Zhang Yumei sacrificed a lot for Yang Liwei, after the two got married, Yang Liwei because of the needs of work, from the Great Northwest to the Great Southwest, the work location is constantly changing, and Zhang Yumei has also lived a life of traveling around without complaint.
In order to cope with China's first space flight, Yang Liwei had to study a lot of basic theories and professional knowledge, and Zhang Yumei, as a xiannei assistant, also became his part-time teacher and partner to help him review.
After hard work and preparation, Yang Liwei also passed all the courses with excellent results to lay a good knowledge foundation for the first smooth flight.
Now, Zhang Yumei is a data manager at the Space Center, and the husband and wife are in different positions, contributing to the mainland's space industry.
Because of their special status, the wives of astronauts have been given the "golden rice bowl" jobs envied by ordinary people.
But they also take on more responsibilities and hard work because of this status, and as special members of the space front, they also deserve our respect.