Throughout the ages, "catching the moon in nine days and catching turtles in the five oceans" has always been a beautiful dream of the Chinese. However, due to the limitations of technology and cognition, people can only pin this beauty on myths and stories. However, with the changing times and the rapid advancement of human technology, such dreams have become more tangible and accessible.
In 1969, American astronaut Armstrong set foot on the moon for the first time, marking the official entry of mankind into the space age. Since then, there has been a global space race. As one of the world's great powers, China is naturally also actively involved in it, trying to catch up with the technology of Western countries in the field of space.
Over the past decades, countless Chinese scientists and engineers have worked tirelessly to finally build China's own manned space project, the Shenzhou series of spacecraft. Since then, China has cultivated more than a dozen manned space heroes. However, as they grow older, these heroes also gradually face the reality of retirement. So what will happen to them after they retire? Nie Haisheng's experience will answer our questions.
Nie Haisheng was born in an ordinary farming family in Zaoyang, Hubei. He grew up living in poverty with his parents. There are eight people in the family, and the parents rely on hard work to support the family, but it is always difficult to balance income and expenses. When he was a teenager, his father died, which made the family's situation even more difficult, and Nie Haisheng was almost in danger of being forced to drop out of school.
At that time, Nie Haisheng would get up early every day and go to the fields to help his parents work. He learned to farm, harvest, and also learned many skills in life. Despite the hardships of life, he never gave up hope for the future. He knows that only through hard work and diligence can he change the fate of his family.
However, when the father died, the situation at home became more difficult. Mother has to take care of a large family by herself, and Nie Haisheng feels a heavy responsibility. He knew that he could no longer rely on his parents, and that he had to hold his chest high and take on the responsibility of the family.
However, Nie Haisheng's thirst for knowledge and yearning for the future made him cherish every opportunity to go to school. Even though he wore his sister's old clothes and walked barefoot, he stubbornly completed primary and secondary school. After entering a key high school in the college entrance examination, he relied on his own hard work and work-study to save enough tuition. During the holidays, he would go out to work, carry wood, pack tea, and write the chapter of high school with his own hands.
Under the tempering of difficulties and challenges, Nie Haisheng's life is not smooth sailing, but a bumpy road. However, it is these challenges that make him cherish every inch of progress even more. He watered the hope of studying with his sweat, and opened up the road to the palace of knowledge with diligence and courage. In the end, he stood at the pinnacle of victory and wrote his life legend with wisdom and perseverance.
When Nie Haisheng was a teenager, he had a strange dream that he had a pair of huge wings growing on his back and flying freely in the clear blue sky. This dream became a reality in the summer of 1983, and he became a cadet of an aviation school in the Air Force through fierce selection. With perseverance and hard work, he mastered excellent flight technology and theoretical knowledge, and became a fighter pilot, flying J-5, J-6 and other aircraft.
In 1998, the Chinese military officially established an astronaut brigade, and among more than 1,500 competitors, Nie Haisheng stood out as one of China's first astronauts. This marked his transition from being a pilot to an astronaut, and the challenges he faced were many, like a steep mountain in front of him.
Although he was already old at that time, Nie Haisheng did not flinch because of the new challenge, but threw himself into training with full enthusiasm and tenacity. Low-pressure hypoxia, weightlessness, anti-vertigo and other devilish training programs, he has gone through two years of rigorous tests without flinching. In overweight training, he broke the domestic record with his outstanding performance.
In addition to physical training, Nie Haisheng also needs to carry out complex and difficult theoretical studies, involving more than 30 different subjects such as dynamics, astronomy, and English. He seems to have returned to the college entrance examination period, studying books day and night. The walls of his home are covered with notes he used to take notes, each one of which testifies to his thirst for knowledge and love for spaceflight.
In October 2005, Nie Haisheng embarked on his first space journey aboard the Shenzhou 6 spacecraft. This is a moment full of challenges and expectations, and he successfully completed the mission with excellent performance and became one of the outstanding representatives of China's aerospace industry.
With the passage of time, in 2011, he was promoted to major general and became a bright star in China's aerospace field. In the following years, he once again spread his wings and soared above the sky, setting foot in space twice, witnessing the glorious history of China's manned space industry. His name has become a shining chapter in the history of the country's aerospace industry, and has contributed incomparable strength to the aerospace dream of the country and the nation.
Now, time has left an inevitable mark on him, and he feels the gradual decline of his physical functions at the age of sixty. However, he did not choose to retire comfortably, but transferred to the head of the space technology department without hesitation. This time, he put his passion and experience into the exploration of developing a new generation of spacecraft technology.
In this new role, he shoulders the important task of pioneering the future and is committed to promoting the innovation and development of space technology. Although he can no longer set foot in space, his heart is still with the stars, silently dedicating his strength to the vigorous development of the aerospace industry. He did not stand on the cover of history, but wrote an immortal legend in the long river of time, injecting new vitality and hope into the aerospace dream.
Nie Haisheng interpreted the spirit of aerospace with his own practical actions, burned his youth and blood, and wrote a glorious chapter in China's aerospace history. I believe that in the future, this aerospace hero will continue to shine in his new position and make more contributions to the development of China's aerospace industry.