Every successful person often goes through sacrifice and sacrifice.
Wang Yaping is China's first female astronaut to be stationed on the space station, but as a woman, she often has to sacrifice more to fly into space.
Wang Yaping once refused to have children in order to realize his dream of flying.
Is her husband happy not to have children?
How much sacrifice did she and her family make in life?
Poor people
Wang Yaping was born in 1980 in a small village in Yantai, Shandong Province, to parents who were farmers.
As the saying goes, the children of the poor are in charge early, and when Wang Yaping was 8 years old, he knew to be considerate of his parents and took the initiative to work in the fields.
After entering the school, Wang Yaping studied very hard, and she was born with a spirit of not admitting defeat.
Once Wang Yaping came home crying with a roll, and her parents asked her what was wrong.
She said that she didn't do well in the exam this time, and only took a second place, and her parents laughed when they heard it, and comforted her that it would be good to try to get the first place next time.
So Wang Yaping's parents are not strict with her, in their opinion, after graduating from junior high school, it is good for rural girls to find a normal school and become a teacher after graduation.
But for Wang Yaping, she wants to take the college entrance examination, and she thinks that only being admitted to university can change the fate of their family.
So Wang Yaping entered high school and became a sports student, just as she was preparing for the college entrance examination with all her might, a piece of news changed her life fate.
In 1997, the mainland began to recruit the seventh batch of female pilots, and when Wang Yaping saw the news, she decided to sign up for a try.
So far, the Chinese Air Force has recruited a total of 13 batches of female pilots, and only 360 have graduated.
This shows how rare female pilots are in the troops.
The reason why there are so few female pilots is because the pilot's physical examination is very strict, and the whole body must be checked basically, and there can be no flaws.
At that time, the Air Force only recruited 5 female pilots in Shandong Province, so Wang Yaping felt that with so many people signing up, his chances of being selected were too small.
However, there are always many accidents in life, Wang Yaping not only successfully passed the physical examination, but also entered the Changchun Flight Academy to systematically learn flight driving skills.
At the age of 17, she cut off her beloved long hair and devoted herself to training.
After four years of study, Wang Yaping successfully graduated and became a pilot in the aviation unit.
While his career was successful, Wang Yaping's love also came quietly.
Chase your dreams
In 2004, Wang Yaping met the person who would accompany him for the rest of his life: Zhao Peng.
Similar to Wang Yaping's job, Zhao Peng is also a pilot in the army.
The two have the same profession, and there will always be endless topics to talk about after meeting, looking at the handsome man in front of him, Wang Yaping is in love.
In 2006, Wang Yaping and Zhao Peng returned to their hometown to hold a wedding, and the two-year relationship finally came to fruition.
But after the two get married, they still have to face a problem, that is, long-distance separation.
Usually Wang Yaping stays in Wuhan, Zhao Peng is in Kaifeng, and if the two want to meet, they can only fly in the sky.
In 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake affected the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, and Wang Yaping and Zhao Peng were ordered to carry out the task of transporting materials respectively.
During this period, they did not have time to care about each other, and only after the plane landed at Chengdu airport did the two meet for half an hour, and then began to fly again.
Before flying the plane, the most common thing they say to their loved ones is "pay attention to safety".
Most of the year in the army, it is difficult for the husband and wife to see each other, and even during the Chinese New Year, they have to take their parents to the army, and only at this moment can they have a short time of companionship.
But although they are not together, the hearts of the two people will always care about each other, they have a detailed plan for life, and they also plan to have a child together when Wang Yaping is 29 years old.
But just when Wang Yaping and her husband were preparing to get pregnant, a piece of news changed Wang Yaping's life fate again.
At that time, the state decided to select a group of married female pilots for training, and the goal of training was astronauts.
The reason for the selection of married women this time is that women who have been married tend to be more emotionally stable and have better psychological quality.
As Wang Yaping, who has a flight time of up to 800 hours, she also has a dream of astronautics.
So after careful consideration, she decided not to have children and instead participated in the selection of astronauts.
1. Information source: Today's Women's Daily, the link has been attached at the end of the article
When Zhao Peng learned of his wife's plan, he was a little unhappy, after all, the two had already planned it, but now his wife suddenly changed his mind.
However, between husband and wife, if they want to live a harmonious and beautiful life, the most important thing is to be able to tolerate and compromise with each other.
This time it was Zhao Peng who compromised, he understood his wife's choice, and was willing to help his wife realize her dream, and even joked that his wife was going to become the legendary Chang'e.
After the final selection results came out, a total of two women successfully became the first batch of female astronauts in the mainland.
One is named Liu Yang, and the other is Wang Yaping.
This time, Wang Yaping is getting closer and closer to his dream of flying.
The man behind the female astronaut
The training of astronauts is different from that of pilots, and due to the special environment of space, astronauts often have to endure weightlessness and high-speed rotation training.
During the training period, Wang Yaping had to live in an astronaut's apartment specially arranged for them, and he could not have contact with other outsiders, and he trained from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day.
Despite the intensity of the training, as soon as Wang Yaping returned to her room, she would call her husband and share his daily life with him.
After three years of training, in 2013, Wang Yaping became the astronaut of the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft, and she finally flew to the vast universe and became "Chang'e".
While Wang Yaping is working, her husband Zhao Peng is in charge of the daily life of the family, he has learned a lot of cuisine, and when Wang Yaping returns home, he will prepare the meals.
2. Information source: CPPCC website, the link has been attached at the end of the article
Wang Yaping also knew that her husband was silently supporting her behind her back, so she made up for her previous regrets.
In 2015, when Wang Yaping was 35 years old, she gave birth to a daughter and named her Zhao Yunxi.
In 2021, after bidding farewell to her husband and daughter, Wang Yaping flew into space again on Shenzhou 13 and stayed on the space station for half a year.
3. Information source: CCTV, the link has been attached at the end of the article
Today, Wang Yaping is not only China's first female astronaut stationed on the space station, but also a Ph.D. from Peking University's School of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences.
The reason why Wang Yaping can achieve today's achievements is not only her own efforts, but also inseparable from her husband's silent dedication.
It is precisely because she has a perfect family and a husband who knows how to take care of the overall situation, so Wang Yaping can rest assured that she can go out and fly to the universe.
In many cases, the astronauts we see on TV are images of them wearing spacesuits and waving to the people of the country.
But when they take off their spacesuits and return to their families, they are also husbands' wives and daughters' mothers.
Information sources:
1. Today's Women's Daily: ""Picking Stars" Returns! Wang Yaping's love, his wife is too inspirational...
https://m.thepaper.cn/baijiahao_17663759
2. People's Political Consultative Conference Network: "Wang Yaping's family, the most beautiful family!" 》
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1766215528166892167&wfr=spider&for=pc
3. CCTV: "The mother who fulfilled her daughter's wish and "picked up the stars" is back"
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1730450509014390920&wfr=spider&for=pc
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