"Behind every astronaut, there is an excellent wife".
Nie Haisheng, one of the earliest astronauts in the mainland, has flown into space three times and was awarded the title of "Heroic Astronaut" by the central government.
However, Nie Haisheng's wife asked him for a divorce before he went to space.
Why is that?
"If you have to go to space, then we divorce"
One day in 2005, at Nie Haisheng's home in Beijing, someone from the unit suddenly came to visit his home.
Ask him if he's ready to go to space.
His wife was very restless after hearing this, and Nie Haisheng noticed his wife's strange appearance and kept giving her a look.
But the atmosphere was extremely awkward, and Nie Jielin put on a suspicious face, and finally refused.
The staff didn't have to say anything anymore, so they had to go back first.
The two people, who seemed to be calm, suddenly quarreled on this day.
"Nie Haisheng, are you determined that you must go on a space mission?" Nie Jielin was very angry, her eyes staring at her husband.
Nie Haisheng replied very firmly, saying that he had already thought about it and must go!
So, Nie Jielin said very angrily: "If you have to carry out this mission, then we will divorce!"
As soon as these cruel words came out, Nie Haisheng was speechless as if he had been hit hard.
After this quarrel, the two fell into a cold war...
Later, in order to obtain his wife's understanding, Nie Haisheng began to implement the "Huairou Policy".
As long as he has time, he accompanies his wife to do housework, go shopping, and eat.
Sometimes Nie Jielin cooks a sumptuous dinner, and he will sigh: "Thank you, Madame, for your hard work." "
In this way, under his persistent persuasion, his wife finally agreed.
The dedication of his wife Nie Jielin
Nie Haisheng was born in a small village, and in 1989, Nie Haisheng was already well-known in Du Fengrui's flight brigade.
Nie Jielin worked as a nurse in a hospital, was born in a scholarly family, and was gentle and elegant, and when the two first met, they left a deep impression on Nie Haisheng.
After falling in love for a while, the two decisively chose to get married.
In 1992, they gave birth to a lovely daughter, because Nie Haisheng's dream when he was a child was to explore the mysteries of space, so he named the child Nie Tianxiang, hoping that she could one day fly into space like her name.
In 1996, the state came to select astronauts, and although there were a large number of participants, Nie Haisheng stood out with his excellent flight performance and was named one of the first 14 astronauts.
At that time, Nie Jielin cried with joy when she heard the good news, but then she blocked her husband's decision to go to space in every possible way, why is this?
In order to follow her husband's dream, the family moved to Beijing.
As the wife of an astronaut, she was subjected to a lot of life restrictions and public pressure.
When she first arrived in Beijing, she was assigned to work in a laboratory.
She had no experience in a job she had never been exposed to at all.
At first, she was even frightened by the bouncing guinea pigs, often screaming at their sudden movements.
She hadn't even had a cat or a dog before, and now she was a little scary to let her touch them.
But she firmly believed that she was the family of the astronauts, and she worked hard to overcome these fears, and slowly she overcame them.
Nie Jielin also learned a lot of aerospace medical knowledge, often checked her husband's physical condition, and made nutritious menus.
What is even more admirable is that in the first few years of living in Beijing, Nie Jielin had to take care of the housework, take care of the children, and take care of both parents by herself.
But she never complained in front of Nie Haisheng, for fear of affecting his work status.
Nie Haisheng couldn't go home for a long time as soon as he trained, and his daughter also knew the peculiarity of her father's work, and her classmates asked her why she didn't see your father, and his daughter never answered.
In the face of the suspicion of her classmates, she never cared.
Once Nie Haisheng's child had a high fever in the middle of the night, and Nie Jielin went to the hospital alone with the child in her arms.
But at this moment, she couldn't hold back any longer, covered her face and cried.
All the grievances came to her heart, but she still suffered it silently, and in order not to worry her husband, she did not mention it to him.
"My husband and I are like two birds flying together in the blue sky, snuggling up to each other and supporting each other, and this is the most wonderful time of our lives," she said. "
Many years later, Nie Jielin often used this metaphor to describe the difficult years of those years.
was the wife who was most opposed to Nie Haisheng at the beginning, but now she has become the most supportive of him!
Nie Haisheng's "Road to Space"
In 1987, after graduating from the Seventh Flight School of the Air Force, Nie Haisheng aspired to become an astronaut.
In 1998, the long-cherished dream finally came true.
In 2013, Nie Haisheng participated in the rendezvous and docking mission of Shenzhou 10 and Tiangong-1 as an astronaut.
Although the level was higher and the difficulty was greater, he successfully completed the mission with his excellent aerospace knowledge and extraordinary qualities.
In every space mission, his wife is always his strongest backing, and it is with Nie Jielin's support that he can put down his mind and focus on the mission.
And every time he returned safely, his wife would hug him with joy and congratulate him on overcoming difficulties again.
In 2020, in order to meet the upcoming rendezvous mission of Shenzhou-12 and Tiangong space station, the China National Space Administration re-conducted a strict selection of astronauts.
During this period, Nie Jielin always accompanied him, urging him to study hard and work hard to enrich himself.
Finally, in 2021, Nie Haisheng, who has passed half a hundred years, not only passed the astronaut physical examination, but also successfully obtained a doctorate degree from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
In the end, he became the most senior highly educated astronaut in China at that time.
In June of the same year, the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft carrying Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo was successfully launched, starting a three-month space mission.
The execution of this mission is the third time that Nie Haisheng has flown into space.
His success was inseparable from the silent support of his wife.
And Liu Yang, who is also an astronaut, is indispensable for the support of her husband.
In 2022, the Shenzhou-14 manned spacecraft was successfully launched.
Astronaut Liu Yang wrote a letter to her daughter before departure, in which she mentioned the reason why she did not let her two children come to see them off.
Liu Yang's husband is very supportive of his wife's space dream, and after the two got married, they did not have children for eight years.
Because if Liu Yang is pregnant, all aspects of his body may not be as good as his current state, so the two decided to have it in the future.
However, Liu Yang's father-in-law and mother-in-law have been urging the young couple, and it is Liu Yang's husband who has been doing the ideological work of his parents from it.
Later, after the birth of the two children, it was Liu Yang's husband who took care of the family and let Liu Yang devote himself to his work.
Liu Yang once said that the reason why he can chase the aerospace dream with peace of mind is that the person he is most grateful for is his husband.
The families of astronauts like Nie Haisheng's wife and Liu Yang's husband are worthy of our respect!
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