Shenzhou under the moon The starry night to the Tianhe - Shenzhou 13 flying documentary

Jiuquan, Xinhua News Agency, October 16 Title: Shenzhou under the Moon The starry night goes to the Tianhe -- a documentary of the shenzhou 13th flying sky

Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Guoli, Li Yun, Zhang Mimi, and Xu Yi

In the early morning of October 16, under the illumination of more than 100 spotlights, the manned space launch site of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was brightly lit. In the dark night beyond the lights, there is an endless vast land.

Wider than the earth is the sky. The autumn night galaxy is brilliant, and the brightest set of "stars" is undoubtedly the Chinese space station.

Wider than the sky, it is people's hearts and dreams -- today, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu, three Chinese astronauts, took Shenzhou 13 to re-enlist in space and began China's longest manned flight so far.

It's an exploration full of courage, it's an expedition with a dream.

As the decisive battle and the final battle of the key technical verification stage of the Chinese space station, and the key battle of the space station in the process of orbit construction, Shenzhou 13 opened the era of long-term presence of people on the Chinese space station. China's manned spaceflight industry has reached another milestone, and the Chinese nation has a new coordinate point in the vast universe.

Love the Star, Love the Moon, Love Space

Final assembly, testing, transshipment, inspection... The work of the launch site is one ring after another, like a marching movement, advancing layer by layer, constantly stirring. Finally, this large symphony enters the most exciting section: the launch is about to begin, and the journey is just around the corner.

On the evening of the 15th, ask the Heavenly Pavilion, and three astronauts will go out here.

Ask Tiange, want to ask Tianhe?

More than 900 years ago, on such a clear autumn night, a Chinese poet asked the sky for wine and imagined returning by the wind, and there should be Qionglou Yuyu in the sky.

Today, the sons and daughters of China, full of romance and rationality, will begin to once again go beyond the flying sky of their dreams to the real "heavenly palace" built by themselves. There, it is the accumulation of wisdom and sweat of generations of astronauts, and it is the heavenly palace that makes Chinese astronauts and hundreds of millions of Chinese people extremely down-to-earth and incomparably glorious.

"Comrade Commander-in-Chief, we have been ordered to carry out the manned flight mission of Shenzhou XIII, and the preparations are complete, please instruct!" Dressed in a white cabin space suit, Zhai Zhigang saluted the report.

This is the second time that Zhai Zhigang has led the team as the commander of the "Flying Multiplication Group". In 2008, he completed his first spacewalk Chinese. His footprints are printed on the vast cosmic starry sky and also on the spiritual starry sky of the Chinese nation.

That "space walk" walked for 19 minutes and 35 seconds, and the next ascent to the sky, Zhai Zhigang walked a long 13 years. During these 13 years, he served as a backup astronaut for shenzhou 10 and Shenzhou 12 missions. Training day after day, being selected again and again, what sustained him along the way?

He replied with only two words: "Love!" ”

Without love, there is no support enough to deliver youth and even the grind of life. It is the love of flight, the love of profession, and the love of the motherland's aerospace industry. Wrapped in rigor, meticulousness, calmness and composure, this love is incomparably hot.

"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, how loud the victory song is..." The familiar song sounded. From Shenzhou 5 to Shenzhou 13, every voyage of astronauts is accompanied by this background music. There is a childish child's voice in the song, from a group of children in the Midwest - no matter how high the mountains, they can't stop the wings of dreams. This "dialogue between youth and the starry sky" will surely have an incomparably far-reaching echo.

Children's eyes are more focused on female astronaut Wang Yaping – in 2013, this beautiful "space female teacher" taught an extraordinary space lesson to more than 60 million students across the country, planting the seeds of science in the hearts of many teenagers.

On this expedition, Wang Yaping will once again "touch the dream with the eyes of the children". "As long as you dare to dream, dare to chase dreams, and use wisdom and sweat to build your own dream spaceship, you will definitely be able to usher in the launch moment of your dreams and fly to the vast starry sky that belongs to you!" Before flying, Wang Yaping said to the children.

For Ye Guangfu, an astronaut who went out into space for the first time, space is a call to dreams and a harsh challenge. 6 months of orbit flight, complex and arduous experiments and experimental tasks, the astronauts' physical and mental quality, knowledge and skills, emergency response capabilities put forward extremely high requirements. Astronauts face unprecedented challenges. To this end, they have experienced more than 200 trainings in 8 categories.

The heart is in the nine days, the road is under the feet, the realization of the dream, always rely on the step by step struggle, the sweat and tears in it, perhaps, only those who have experienced it can understand.

"Learn from astronauts! Hats off to the astronauts! In the audience area, the crowd from all over the world waved the five-star red flag in their hands and shouted rhythmically. Ethnic minority people dressed in costumes and danced cheerfully.

At this time, from the old man with huafa to the young child, everyone's eyes were shining with stars. Every star can be a surprise for the future.

There is light, there is a dream, there is a hero

On October 15, 2003, in front of the Qingtian Pavilion, the song of "Singing the Motherland" sounded, and Zhai Zhigang and Yang Liwei hugged tightly and sent their comrades-in-arms on their first expedition to space.

On the same day 18 years later, in the same place and in the same song, two aerospace heroes appeared at the scene of the expedition ceremony again, this time, it was Yang Liwei who sent Zhai Zhigang off.

History often witnesses achievements with coincidences.

In the past 18 years, from one person a day to many days, from in-cabin experiments to spacewalks, from short-term stays to long-term residencies... China's manned space project has successively made breakthroughs and mastered key technologies such as space-to-earth round-trip, space capsule exit, rendezvous and docking, and steadily advanced into the space station stage.

Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu started a six-month mission. This is the sixth mission of the space station's key technology verification phase, and it is also the final battle. When the astronaut crew composed of one "post-60s" and two "post-80s" astronauts returned smoothly, China's manned space project will enter the space station construction stage.

Liu Feng, who was still a front-line worker at that time, still has a deep memory of Yang Liwei's expedition: it was the first manned launch mission of the Long March 2F rocket, and when the elevator door where the astronauts were riding slowly opened, Yang Liwei walked out with a small square box in his hand, his eyes were calm and his steps were firm.

The four eyes touched, Liu Feng's heart trembled in awe, and his eyes were moistened at once. What kind of belief can make a person go to unknown risks without hesitation.

Manned spaceflight is a high-stakes undertaking, but there has never been a shortage of heroes. Not only was it the first expedition to space that year, but also rendezvous and docking, out-of-cabin activities, and crossing the black barrier...

The 6-month long-term space residency has put forward more stringent requirements for the physical and mental health of the space station, spacecraft and astronauts. Astronauts' physical and mental health is negatively affected by a long time, the musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system weightless effect will be more prominent, sleep disorders, fatigue, infection, gastrointestinal disorders and cardiovascular dysfunction and other issues, the probability of emergency medical problems will also increase.

When the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft successfully lifted off, another rocket was already in place, and another spacecraft was ready for extreme situations.

In fact, the danger is not limited to space. In addition to the astronauts who enter space, the scientific research participants in every process and every post are ordinary heroes.

The development of extravehicular spacesuits with completely independent intellectual property rights in China also has dangers that ordinary people do not know. Before the extravehicular spacesuit is delivered, it is necessary for volunteers to wear it and conduct a low-pressure chamber test to check its performance indicators in a simulated outer space state with near vacuum.

Even the slightest mistake can seriously threaten the lives of volunteers. However, every time volunteers are recruited from among researchers, someone voluntarily signs up.

In order to carry out the field survival training of astronauts on the ground, the teaching team needs to select and set up various harsh environments in the forest and the Gobi, take the road that no one has walked, and explore the dangers that others have not explored.

There are also highly toxic and volatile special fuel inspection, transportation and filling work, but whenever there is a deflagration or leakage, the participants may pay the cost of their lives.

If there is no thousand autumn karma in the heart, where will the prosperity blossom. Every milestone in China's manned spaceflight project is that every astronaut comes out step by step towards the light with dreams and beliefs.

In order to adhere to the ideals and beliefs of generations of astronauts, Shenzhou 13 entered the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in a group, and in addition to carrying out special training and tests, activities such as the flag-raising ceremony and the visit to the Dongfeng Martyrs' Cemetery were also written into the work manual. In the Dongfeng Martyrs Cemetery, more than 700 heroic ancestors who have dedicated themselves to China's aerospace industry are sleeping.

In order to inherit the spirit of manned spaceflight, the Shenzhou 13 mission has planned a series of science popularization and public welfare activities, Wang Yaping will once again become "Teacher Wang", and will also combine the opportunity of traditional festivals to carry forward China's traditional culture.

Liu Feng, who watched Yang Liwei's first march, appeared in the crowd to send off the new "space trio". Now that Liu Feng has grown into a deputy chief rocket division, he said that over the years, that faith and courage have never been lost.

When the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft took off in the night, the hour hand was already pointing to the early morning of October 16.

On October 16, 57 years ago, a huge mushroom cloud rose in the air over the Gobi Desert, and China's first atomic bomb exploded successfully.

Selfless, unrepentant, endless

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition!" At 0:23, amid the command of commander Zero, the Long March 2 F Yao XIII rocket rose from the ground and went straight into the sky.

From erection to launch, this rocket has been "standing" for more than 5 months, becoming the longest "standing" rocket in China's aerospace history.

As the first rocket in China's aerospace history to integrate emergency rescue and launch tasks, since the launch of Shenzhou 12, the Long March 2F Yao 13 rocket has undertaken emergency duty tasks and has been "looking up" at the starry sky until the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft is sent into space.

Looking up at the sky with the Long March 2F Yao thirteen rockets, it was the Chinese astronauts. With the acceleration of the exploration of the vast universe, China will build an independently built and autonomously operated space station through 11 intensive missions. In the meantime, multiple recycling missions and the validation of key technologies in orbit will also be carried out.

It's a career you can't do in a lifetime. Being able to take a full weekend has become the wish of many candidates, but it can only be a wish.

From Shenzhou No. 1 to Shenzhou No. 13, every launch mission, the general assembly operation master Chen Wei was not absent, and was called "Old Mage" by colleagues. With Chen Wei there, everyone is steadfast in their hearts. For more than 20 years, although his home is in Shanghai, Chen Wei is more familiar with the Dongfeng Aerospace City in the desert Gobi, and he is not used to returning to Shanghai.

This is a cause that must be undistracted. If the data aimed at the orbit is deviated by 0.1 degrees, the entry point will be deviated by hundreds of kilometers, and the consequences are unimaginable. With each launch, the aimers were the last to evacuate until the rocket entered the launch countdown for 15 minutes, and the rocket's state had stabilized, and then they boarded the evacuation car.

It's also a never-ending undertaking. In 2011, the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and the Tiangong-1 target vehicle achieved axial docking, and China realized unmanned space rendezvous and docking for the first time, becoming the third country in the world to independently master space rendezvous and docking technology.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the "Space Kiss", China's aerospace industry ushered in the first radial rendezvous and docking. From unmanned to manned, from automatic to manual, from a few days to 6.5 hours, from axial docking to radial docking, in the endless exploration of the universe, manned space technology continues to make breakthroughs and innovations, but it is always on the road.

Resonance, which used to be a world-class space launch problem. In the United States, France and other countries in the rocket launch process, there have been resonance phenomena that last for tens of seconds. In the article "Space Day", Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, also recalled the resonance phenomenon in the Shenzhou 5 mission: "The feeling of pain is getting stronger and stronger, and all the internal organs seem to be broken." I could hardly bear it and felt like I was dying. ”

On a later mission, the astronaut said: "The rocket we were riding on was very comfortable and could hardly feel the vibrations. ”

Unlike other satellite launch centers in China, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located deep in the Gobi and has no settlements within a radius of tens of kilometers. To come here is to choose selfless dedication.

However, this is a natural desert, but it is a temple of science. The heavy and intensive space missions also give young people a platform and opportunity to grow rapidly. In 2018, Chongqing boy Chen Qimeng chose to come here after graduating from university, and he always had nosebleeds for a whole month, "it was too dry, completely different from his hometown." In the past three years, Chen Qimeng has rapidly grown into a backbone of the business, and has escorted the successful launch of Yunhai No. 1 02 Star, Shenzhou 12 spacecraft and Shenzhou 13 spacecraft.

"We will continue to spare no effort to let more young people with dreams and willingness to struggle grow into talents in the aerospace hot land of Dongfeng." Jiang Hanmin, secretary of the party committee of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, said.

In the desolate Gobi, but with a wonderful life. Just past the National Day holiday, on the eve of the launch mission of the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft, 120 couples held a grand and grand collective wedding under the launch tower. Their wedding present is a blessing video recorded by Chinese astronauts in space: "We send our most sincere wishes from space on the China Space Station, and wish everyone a happy new marriage, a hundred years of good union, and eternal unity." ”

That's the romance that belongs to the astronauts. (End)