Today is space with you [No. 1467]
Dear "Tianhe",
Zhan Xin Jia! When we put pen to paper to write this letter, you have been safely operating in the vast galaxy for 365 days and nights. In the past year, we have experienced the summer sun, autumn rain and dew, winter frost and snow, and now, it is the mid-spring season of birds and flowers... These days, you circle in space across the morning and dusk, overlooking the mountains and rivers, and we are also on the ground with you to send away the stars and usher in the dawn. Looking back on this extraordinary year, we have too many things to say to you and too many stories to tell you.
Time back a year, April 29, 2021 – the day you went on the expedition. On that day, the Wenchang Cosmodrome on the coast of the South China Sea was crowded, and the command hall of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center was also a tense and busy atmosphere. From the ancient city of Kashgar in the western border, to the Weishui River in the hinterland of the Central Plains; from the southern scenery of the island coconut grove, to the distant giant ship riding the wind and waves... The eyes of thousands of people converge on you, and everyone is hoping that you will be able to fight a beautiful victory for the first time.
At 11:23, the war drums beat and the journey began! You face the sea breeze and go straight into the sky, marching sonorously to the sea of stars and opening the curtain on the construction of the Chinese space station. When we see you break away from the arms of the rocket and swim in the vast galaxy in a soothing posture, when we hear the commander-in-chief announce the complete success of the launch mission, thunderous applause comes from the ears, look at the long-awaited "big red screen" in the control hall, accompany you all the way to our hearts are full of mixed feelings, the corners of our eyes are already tears flashing.
You may not know that the days when you grew up slowly on the ground can keep everyone busy. During the preparation of the mission, the six-and-a-half-day work system, working until late at night, has almost become a common thing for everyone. When the technical coordination is carried out, the team makes more than a hundred calls a day, and the 3,000-minute call plan a month is sold out in half a month. In the critical stage of the wireless joint test, everyone worked non-stop for 2 consecutive weeks, working day and night to complete the docking work with each subsystem. At the most critical juncture, I worked 48 hours in a row to lie in the office and lie down for 4 hours.
The work is hard and the task is heavy. However, when we see that you are becoming more and more mature under the baptism of the joint investigation and joint test, when we see that the numbers on the launch countdown are getting smaller and smaller, when we see that you have soared into the sky and let the good news of victory resound through the clouds, we suddenly feel that all our efforts have been best rewarded.
Draw strength from the fiery journey and let your dreams fly in the vast starry sky! For the "flight controllers" who have always been with China's aerospace industry, wearing the stars and wearing the moon is the norm, and it is worth it no matter how tired it is, as long as the mission is ensured to be completely successful, as long as the pace of space exploration can be made bigger and farther, we have the greatest comfort in our hearts.
In the days that followed, you successfully received the visits of the Tianzhou-2, Shenzhou-12, Tianzhou-3, and Shenzhou-13 spacecraft, and 6 astronauts stayed safely under your careful protection. In the extravehicular walk, we accompanied the astronauts to appreciate your majesty of "taking the sky as the seat of the earth"; when teaching in space, we and friends around the world felt your meticulous and delicate delicacy. During this time, with the cooperation of ground staff, you have conducted multiple mission tests, verified a number of key technologies, and paved the way for subsequent space station construction. It is difficult to pass the pass, and it is difficult to achieve everything. Your performance is so perfect, we want to give you a big "like"!
For the most part, you are like an obedient child, acting exactly according to the instructions of the "masters" on the ground. However, children will always be sick. Although most of them were false alarms, when abnormal situations occurred, everyone was still extremely distressed and anxious. Some people can't afford to eat and stay in the hall all day; some people's dormitories are less than 300 meters away from the office area, but they spend the whole night in the computer room; some people abandon the children who are celebrating their birthdays at home and rush to the command hall to support the work... However, as long as you see you regain your health, as long as you see the numbers bouncing on the screen return to the green that means "normal", everyone's slightly tired faces will still appear with a thick smile. - "This stay is worth it!" "This is the favorite thing everyone likes to say when they walk out of the building and bathe in the morning light of a new day after they have finished their work.
From ground testing, to launch preparation, to on-orbit operation... Over the years, you have been like a child brought up by us, and you have become a concern that everyone cannot do without in any case. In the team, everyone changed the WeChat avatar and the background of the circle of friends to your photos, and deeply imprinted your appearance into your mind. Some people even take the nickname of the newborn child as "Tianhe", so that the cause of struggle infiltrates the warmth of the family. We carefully watch over you, and you also give us the honor to plunge into the wave of the construction and development of China's manned space industry, grow together with China's aerospace industry in the new era, and practice the original mission of serving the country with practical actions.
The stars are vast and the exploration is endless. This year, the curtain has been opened on the construction of the space station, the "Ask the Heavens" and "Dream Heaven" experimental modules are about to be launched into orbit, the "Tianzhou" and "Shenzhou" shuttle back and forth, the "Tiangong" dream is just around the corner, and the steps of China's aerospace industry towards the future are becoming more and more firm and sonorous! With this year together, we have the confidence and ability to accompany you to witness the next more exciting highlight moments! The galaxy is full of twists and turns, only struggle, the journey is long, the momentum is like a rainbow!
Xiong Guan Man Dao is really like iron, and now he steps forward from the beginning. At present, the "flight controller" who accompanies you to the stars and strolls through Xiaohan is continuing to run on the front line of the pre-preparation of various types of tasks on the space station and the joint commissioning test, and launching a final charge to the comprehensive construction and completion of the Chinese space station! For more than 60 years, with the pride and ambition of crossing the sea of stars, China Aerospace has written the self-improvement and self-confidence of the Chinese nation step by step, cast a great aerospace spirit, and achieved extraordinary aerospace undertakings. In the future, in the face of the arduous tasks of "six rounds a year" and "long-term operation of ten to fifteen years", everyone will always be full of hopes, and will continue to go all out with a high sense of responsibility and mission, march deeper into the sea of stars, and contribute "flight control wisdom" and "flight control power" to the construction of the continental space station.
Looking up at the starry sky, there are the most shining traces of your cruise and cruise in the splendid galaxy; stepping on the earth, there is the most sonorous footsteps of our joint efforts to tackle the tough problems for China's aerospace industry. We firmly believe that with the strong leadership of the PARTY Central Committee, the concerted efforts of fraternal units of various sub-systems, the coordinated tackling of key problems by all "flight controllers", and the close cooperation of your -- "Tianhe" core module, we will certainly be able to take advantage of the momentum and work hard to ensure that the tasks in the construction stage of the space station will be successful in succession, take the last step of the "three-step walk" of China's manned space project, contribute wisdom to building a space power and refreshing China's height, and write a new chapter in spacecraft operation and control worthy of the times in the vast space. Greet the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Party with excellent results!
We are on the ground, at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, waiting for your good news!
Long-term congratulations: Good news, and create good results again!
Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center
All the staff who are fighting in the front line of the space station construction mission
April 29, 2022