Entering outer space is a great challenge to the psychology and physiology of human beings. Therefore, among astronauts, there are very few women.
And Liu Yang is the first woman in the mainland to go into space.
But for her dream of flying, she has been married for 8 years without giving birth to children. Faced with the urging of both parents, it was her husband who blocked them one by one.
Before Liu Yang flew into the sky, she left two last words for her favorite husband......
The source of this article is from the official media [CCTV News] [Jiangxi Satellite TV] [China Youth Daily] (link attached at the end of the article). In order to improve the readability of the article, there may be polishing of the details, please read sensibly, for reference only!
"Say hello to fellow women!"
On June 16, 2012, Liu Yang and astronauts Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang drove the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft into space.
After landing in space, Liu Yang's first greeting was:
"Say hello to fellow women. ”
She was 34 years old that year and represented all women.
In daily training, Liu Yang has always trained himself as a man.
A girl will inevitably be a little overwhelmed by the amount of training for a boy.
But Liu Yang refused to admit defeat, shortened the rest time, strengthened training, and enhanced physical fitness.
Even in the summer, you have to wear a heavy flight suit, and in the winter, you have to sweat all over your body to give up.
From ordinary people to pilots, and then from pilots to astronauts, every step is difficult.
The swivel chair training that makes people dizzy just by looking at it can slowly persist for 4 minutes from getting on the bus to vomiting.
And if you want to become a qualified astronaut, you need to stick to it for at least 15 minutes.
"When I heard the 4-minute announcement, I suddenly sweated all over, but I couldn't vomit, let alone call to stop. If you vomit the first time or stop, it's hard to hold on next time, I'm going to get through it......"
If you want to become a qualified astronaut, you must not only have excellent physical fitness, but also be able to be calm in the face of emergencies, which is also an important condition for examining astronauts.
It just so happened that Liu Yang was in perfect condition.
In 2009, the selection of China's second batch of astronauts began, and Liu Yang signed up for the election and stood out.
In the second year, she entered the China Astronaut Training Center and, together with Wang Yaping, became one of China's first female astronauts.
In March 2012, according to the final assessment results, Liu Yang was selected into the Shenjiu Crew, code 03.
After the first flight, Liu Yang, who was in the recovery period of his body, was not idle.
From 2014 to 2018, she completed her Ph.D. at the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University.
After ten years in 2022, Liu Yang actually stepped on the Shenzhou spacecraft again.
This time, I went to the Chinese space station that has been built, Shenzhou 14.
On November 7, 2022, Liu Yang was already 400 kilometers away from the earth.
From the "Mengtian Experimental Module" of the Chinese space station, she also sent a congratulatory video to her alma mater, Tsinghua University, to celebrate the "10th anniversary of the establishment of the Tsinghua School of Social Sciences".
It was this successful second flight experience that made Liu Yang's flight honor mark successfully upgraded to "two stars".
The only pilot in Henan who was admitted
Seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls are mostly beauty-loving, and it is inevitable that they will spend part of their time dressing up.
But Liu Yang is always holding a book, either reciting silently or busy with homework.
In her spare time, she also circled around the teacher with a workbook, and many teachers were very impressed by her, and they were full of praise when she mentioned it.
In the third year of high school, China's seventh batch of female pilot recruitment plans happened to be selected in Henan.
With the strong encouragement of the head teacher, Liu Yang participated in the selection.
With a score of 31 points beyond the admission score, she was successfully admitted to the Changchun Flight Academy of the Air Force, becoming the only pilot in Henan Province to be admitted.
After entering the school, Liu Yang insisted on getting up early every day to exercise, extending the training time and compressing the rest time.
After graduating in 2001, she became an Air Force transport pilot, ending her college career perfectly with a beautiful 1,680 hours of safe flight.
also has a glorious record after Liu Yang.
On April 30, 2020, she was hired by the China National Space Administration as the "China Aerospace Public Welfare Image Ambassador". And Liu's "Fight to Fame" also drew attention to her family.
The man behind it
Liu Yang and her husband Zhang Hua met in Wuhan in 2001.
At that time, Zhang Hua was in charge of propaganda work, while Liu Yang was recognized as an "amateur host" among astronauts with good writing and eloquence. And the two have a lot of contacts at work.
In the second half of 2001, Zhang Hua proposed the establishment of a radio station. In order to adjust everyone's spare time, the airport agreed to Zhang Hua's proposal.
Zhang Hua was in charge of writing the press release, while Liu Yang served as the announcer of the radio station.
In this way, they have more opportunities to get along. In 2002, they established a relationship, and Liu Yang's career is also thriving. Liu Yang first rose to prominence as a second-class pilot in the Air Force, and was later promoted to deputy captain of the flight team.
However, when it comes to career development, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with falling in love. But Zhang Hua never complained and fully supported Liu Yang's career.
"When I was a pilot, he was on the ground to support the planes, and when I was an astronaut, he was on the ground to support the spacecraft. ”
Before Liu Yang flew into the sky, he left a touching last word to Zhang Hua......
"Zhang Hua, if I really become a meteor, you have to promise me two things. ”
"One is to help me take care of my parents, and the other is to marry a wife who can cook. ”
In 2004, Liu Yang and Zhang Hua held a wedding in Hankou.
Not only are the two compatible, but both parents are also very satisfied, and the two often organize dinner parties for both parents in their spare time.
Zhang Hua paid attention to the health of the elderly on weekdays, bought them massage instruments, and took them to physical examinations on time, and the family got along happily.
has been married for many years, seeing that Zhang Hua is 36 years old and Liu Yang is 30 years old, but the two of them have no children for a long time.
Even if the parents of both sides wanted to hold their grandson, under Zhang Hua's persuasion, they never talked about it in front of Liu Yang.
Zhang Hua knew that the training of astronauts was very hard, and that pregnancy and childbirth would affect her body and training, so she took on most of the family responsibilities.
Even when Liu Yang's parents were sick and hospitalized, in order not to distract Liu Yang, he could only "lie" to Liu Yang that he was going on a business trip.
In fact, he went back to his hometown to guard the old man's operation, and Liu Yang didn't know about it until much later.
Not only her husband, but Liu Yang's mother's cultivation of her can also be described as well-intentioned.
Since Shenzhou 14 went to space, Niu Xiyun and Liu Shilin have been counting the days to live
Since Shenzhou 14 went to space, Niu Xiyun and Liu Shilin have been counting the days to live
"What's the matter, why don't you just take a parachute?"
When training for the first time in skydiving, Liu Yang called his family and told him about his nervousness, but his mother pretended not to take it seriously.
"What's the matter, why don't you just take a parachute?"
After Liu Yang parachuted, he was angry and didn't tell his family that he had landed safely. It wasn't until she couldn't help but call in the evening that her mother cried with joy that she understood her mother's good intentions.
Liu Yang's uncle Niu Zhenxi is even more different.
He is a member of the Zhengzhou Winter Swimming Association and has won several national moral model awards.
It is precisely under the encouragement and influence of his uncle that Liu Yang has grown from an ignorant girl to the first "goddess" in China admired by everyone.
epilogue
As a woman, Liu Yang has won a place in the aviation industry with fierce competition and high requirements for physical and psychological quality.
For the first time she flew to the sky, she chose not to have children under the pressure of her family for the sake of her career.
And the second time she flew into the sky, she had already had both children and ......
After reading the story of female astronaut Liu Yang, what do you think in front of the screen? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area......
Resources
[1] [CCTV News] (CCTV News official account of China Central Radio and Television) - "Liu Yang, add "star"!
https://www.toutiao.com/article/7193500976907633208/?channel=&source=search_tab
[2] [Jiangxi Satellite TV] - "She left her "will" to her husband, left the stars to her daughter, and left the hardships to herself"
https://www.toutiao.com/video/7174352492682183201/?channel=&source=search_tab
[3] [Marriage and Family Magazine] (the official account of "Marriage and Family" magazine) - "Congratulations to Liu Yang on his triumph! Two "flights" in 10 years, behind the honor is the loving mother Yan Ai who has achieved China's first female astronaut"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/7173864398464434725/?channel=&source=search_tab
[4] [Women's Voice of All-China Women's Federation] (official account of All-China Women's Federation) - "Salute to 70 Years|Zhang Runhong, Liu Yang, Wang Shufang...... They write women's legends in the vast sky"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/6740836423223476750/?channel=&source=search_tab
[5] [China Youth Daily] - "After 10 years, Liu Yang's sons and daughters are all going to space again: we must write blessings into the stars"
https://www.toutiao.com/article/7105361832243954208/?channel=&source=search_tab