On April 16, from the night was still dark, to the rising sun, from the orbit back to the separation, the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, out of the black barrier area... The people of the whole country stood in front of the live television broadcast, closely watching every step of Shenzhou 13's "homecoming", nervous and full of expectations.
At this time, behind the scenes that the audience could not see, on the vast Gobi Desert of the Dongfeng Landing Field, they were busy with the same mood:
Zhu Xiaolin, a member of the search and rescue team who operates the directional instrument, is nervously and orderly capturing the specific location of the return capsule; Zhang Ying, the female dispatching commander of the search and rescue team, is uploading and issuing at the ground command post to coordinate the search and rescue task; Wang Yuzhu, a member of the astronaut medical rescue team, is in the orange No. 1 medical supervision and medical rescue car, and the vehicle is speeding toward the landing point of the return capsule...
At 9:56 a.m., Shenzhou No. 13 arrived home safely. Smoke rose from the landing field, and their eyes finally burst with briskness and joy.
For months, they have been waiting for a long time. Shenzhou 13 flew into the sky, and the search and rescue force was always silently escorting. After the completion of the return mission, the reporter of China Women's Daily spoke to 3 female workers of the search and rescue team for the first time. Their responsibility and dedication have jointly created the "cosmic-level" warmth of Shenzhou XIII's homecoming.
Ten years to sharpen a sword, just for this moment
"Dongfeng, 01 report, search and rescue detachment A has reached the standby point, the report is completed."
"Dongfeng, 01 report, has reported the forecast landing point to the joint search and rescue detachment, and the report is complete."
These down-to-earth messages were sent from the ground command post of the Dongfeng landing site, and the sender of the report, 01, was the code name of Zhang Ying, the commander of the search and rescue dispatch.
Zhang Ying (second from left) works at the command post. Zhang Guoting/Photo
Zhang Ying is the first female dispatcher of the search and rescue team of Dongfeng Landing Field, and the five search and rescue detachments she dispatched served as backup forces in the return mission of Shenzhou 13, ready to deal with various emergencies.
However, in the search and rescue system of manned spaceflight, Zhang Ying's role is far more than that of the ground commander on the day of the return of Shenzhou 13, but a search and rescue "female general" who has experienced more than ten years and has several duties. She told reporters, "On the day of my return, I was in the command post, but I participated in the formulation of the preliminary search and rescue action plan, the writing of technical documents, the setting of drill subjects, including the emergency situation plan." ”
During the conversation with Zhang Ying, the reporter felt that under her clear and gentle words, there was a stubbornness that could not be hidden.
In 2009, Zhang Ying, who graduated from graduate school, joined the search and rescue team. It was a stubborn decision. At that time, many people around her advised her that the search and rescue task was intense and risky, and the female comrades still stayed in the rear organs to relax and be safe. But Zhang Ying was not convinced in her heart, she thought, "After studying for so many years, I always have to go to the front line to do something." She remained in the search and rescue team and actively participated in the research project of the wreckage landing site forecasting method. When performing the Shenzhou 8 mission, she took the initiative to submit a letter of request for battle and participated in the test as the identity of the test verifier of the research group.
"The search and rescue drill was to be on the plane, and the plane was very noisy and the oil smell was particularly heavy. So once there is a drill action, I will be hungry for a day in advance, to ensure that I will not faint or vomit after I go up, and have a good state. Speaking of these Zhang Ying sighed, "Search and rescue is very difficult, but if we can make it less bitter through our efforts and use technical means, I think it will be very valuable, so I will slowly 'drill' into it." ”
In this way, Zhang Ying stubbornly "drilled" in the search and rescue team for more than ten years. In previous manned missions, the Dongfeng landing field served as a backup field as a secondary field, and it did not become the main landing field until the Shenzhou XII mission. Zhang Ying also finally waited for the opportunity to participate in the manned search and rescue, and gloriously became the dispatching commander of the "Eagle" of the air search and rescue detachment of the Shenzhou No. 12 mission, and undertook the tasks of aircraft modification, reception and debugging of new research equipment, and actual combat application exercises throughout the process. Unfortunately, just before the return of Shenzhou XII, Zhang Ying temporarily received another important task and failed to appear on the plane on the day of return.
"Last year's work was a little bit of a shame, so this year I'm here again." Zhang Ying said with a smile. Seeing that the series of pioneering work she did last year laid a good foundation for the search and rescue of Shenzhou 13, she felt very relieved: "Compared with the previous search and rescue work, I can clearly feel that the country's strength is increasing. So all the hard work in these two years has been worth it, and I will continue to do this business in the future, these experiences are wealth. ”
Like "Hawkeye", only for "cabin landing pro"
On April 16, when the first rays of the morning sun shone on the standby airport, Zhu Xiaolin and other search and rescue team members were already on standby at the airport.
Zhu Xiaolin carried out a mission in the plateau. Li Xin/Photo
Zhu Xiaolin joined the search and rescue team in 2019. She told reporters, "This is my first time on the plane, very nervous, very nervous, but thinking that my task is very important, I silently told myself, calm down, must not make mistakes, to complete it well." ”
Indeed, her role is crucial. When the Shenzhou spacecraft returned to the ground, the key to successful search and rescue was to find the landing return capsule in time. The directionalizer operated by Zhu Xiaolin is the "eagle eye" that discovers the return module of Shenzhou 13, which can accurately capture the location of the return capsule no matter night or day, and quickly pass it to the search and rescue team members.
At 8:10 Beijing time, under the command of the commander, Zhu Xiaolin, a member of the search and rescue team, took his place. She quickly opened the on-board Beidou and directionalizer equipment, skillfully entered instructions to log in to the operation software, and checked the local address, serial number and service frequency in a cloudy manner.
At 8:50 Beijing time, the location of the forecast landing point was heard in the dispatch, and Zhu Xiaolin also turned on her "eagle eye mode", skillfully operating the onboard Beidou and directional instrument on the screen, patiently waiting for the return cabin to break through the black barrier.
Suddenly, a flashing red target appeared on the screen, Zhu Xiaolin quickly located it, and "Eagle Eye" caught the figure of the return capsule! She immediately reported the accurate data to the commander: "Commander, I have found the target, the return capsule is in..."
Subsequently, the search plane quickly flew to the designated position, and the ground search and rescue team members also quickly assembled to the forecast landing point, and as the return capsule landed upright, the ground teams assembled around the return module. The air search and rescue team members fell from the sky, and the air and ground coordinated operations, which took less than half an hour.
The promise of "Cabin Landing Pro" was fulfilled. Zhu Xiaolinshu smiled and recalled the entire mission execution process, she told reporters that she was most excited and had a sense of accomplishment when she saw the two moments when the parachute was opened and the return capsule landed safely. "'Cabin landing' is not easy, which is the embodiment of the continuous development of aerospace science and technology in the motherland." I'm proud to be able to help deliver on this promise as Hawkeye. ”
Nothing is too big or small, just for the comfort of astronauts
In the ground team welcoming the 3-person group home from a space business trip, the comfortable environment in the 3 orange medical supervision and rescue vehicles, and the joyful couplets made the national audience praise.
Wang Yuzhu was in the medical supervision car. Wang Jiangbo/Photo
Wang Yuzhu, a member of the astronaut medical rescue team, was also very happy: "I am really happy to see what we thought of and prepared, and they also used it!" ”
It turned out that the facilities, equipment and furnishings of the three medical supervision and medical rescue vehicles were carefully prepared by Wang Yuzhu and her colleagues.
Wang Yuzhu is a nurse at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Hospital. Since joining the company in 2012, she has spent 10 years in a hospital in the Gobi Desert, and this is the first time she has been involved in the medical supervision and rescue work at close range.
Wang Yuzhu told reporters, "The day the spacecraft returned was particularly exciting, our team planned to leave at five o'clock in the morning, and I couldn't sleep before four o'clock." ”
The excitement of this day is the best acceptance of the hard work in more than a month. According to reports, when the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft was launched, the medical supervision and medical rescue vehicle undertook the ground medical rescue function, and most of the medical equipment in the car was equipped with medical equipment, which can be said to be a mobile ICU.
Since March this year, in order to welcome astronauts "home", the medical supervision and medical rescue vehicle should add life support functions, and the astronaut medical rescue team has begun to continuously refine the plan, implementation plan and actual combat exercise. What are the needs of astronauts after they return, and how can they be most comfortable? Wang Yuzhu and her colleagues must not only rack their brains from a professional point of view, but also feel empathy from the perspective of life.
"In order for the astronauts to come back and have a hot meal, we bought a microwave oven and a kettle. Considering the low outdoor temperature in the Gobi Desert, the liquid incubator set up during the medical rescue phase can now be used as a Xiaoice box. Wang Yuzhu told reporters that the equipment in the car was well utilized this time, "the fruits prepared for the astronauts were placed in the incubator the day before, and they ate fresh fruits with suitable temperatures when they returned." ”
The refinement of life security is repeatedly deliberated, there is no end, and the details are all kung fu. Wang Yuzhu said that when purchasing Chinese knots and small lanterns, she paid special attention to the size of these objects, "to ensure that the spikes of these pendants will never affect the activities of astronauts and medical supervision and medical personnel." In response to the special needs of female astronauts, Wang Yuzhu and colleagues have also made sufficient efforts: "Wang Yaping has long hair and needs to use a hair dryer when taking a bath, so the No. 2 car she is riding in, the total electrical power we need to be particularly clear to ensure the safety of electricity." ”
As Wang Yuzhu said, "There is still a long way to go between the equipment in place and the use of good use." In order to ensure the comfort and convenience of the medical supervision and medical rescue car, Wang Yuzhu participated in many field exercises. During each exercise that lasted for 9 to 12 hours, although he was in the medical supervision and medical rescue vehicle, Wang Yuzhu did not drink a mouthful of water all day in order not to use the special toilet for astronauts.
The three astronauts left the Gobi Desert and returned to Beijing. Wang Yuzhu's work was also successfully concluded. She told reporters with great joy that she had done perimeter support for many years, and this time, she finally realized her wish to take a photo with the return capsule.
Source/China Women's Daily
Author/China Women's Daily All-Media Trainee Reporter Fan Yuchen
Editor/Tao Yinsheng
Review/Qiao Hong
Producer/Xi Shujun