At 0:23 on October 16, 2021, the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft was successfully launched.
There were 3 astronauts on the trip, and it is worth noting that one of the three people is a woman.
Her name is Wang Yaping.
(Wang Yaping on the far right)
This means that Wang Yaping will become the first female astronaut in China to enter the space station, and the first female astronaut to implement the outgoing activities.
This beautiful woman, who can fly 4 kinds of aircraft, supported the Wenchuan earthquake relief in 2008 and was admitted to Peking University for a doctorate at the age of 38.
Some netizens sighed: such a woman is the true goddess, and is truly worthy of our pursuit and admiration of the big star.
So, what is her origin, and why can she become a First-class Chinese astronaut?
In January 1980, Wang Yaping was born in Zhanggezhuang Village, Yantai City, Shandong Province.
Wang Yaping's family lived in a brick house with a dilapidated yard with a pile of farm tools in the corner of the courtyard and a tricycle whose chains were rusty.
As soon as he was born, Wang Yaping was a child of a poor family, and his parents planted cherries to support the family.
(The top left corner is Wang Yaping)
Wang Yaping has no toys, and her only rag doll is sewn by her grandmother.
Grandma found some old clothes, unbuttoned them, used them as eyes, tore the old clothes into wool, used them as hair, and sewed a rag doll for Wang Yaping.
When he reached the age of school, his father sent Wang Yaping to ZhangGezhuang Town Center Primary School, Wang Yaping studied very hard, his grades have always been good, he has always been the class leader, and he is what people call "other people's children".
Accustomed to the praise of others, over time, Wang Yaping became very strong, demanding that he could not lose in everything.
Once, during the midterm exam, Wang Yaping had a serious cold, and her parents asked her to take a leave of absence, but Wang Yaping insisted on taking the exam.
During the exam, she was afraid of affecting the exam, rubbed two small pieces of paper, stuffed them into her nostrils, and completed the exam with her mouth open.
As a result, in that exam, Wang Yaping actually took the second place for the first time, which was a particular blow to her, and she was the first place before.
When she returned home that day, Wang Yaping had already walked to the door, but she did not dare to enter the door, and when her father accidentally walked out of the door, she found her, and she cried and apologized to her father, saying that she only took the second place.
Despite how her father comforted her, Wang Yaping just couldn't get over this hurdle, until the final exam, she returned to the peak of the first place, she was relieved.
The children of the poor family have long been in charge, and every day when they come home from school, Wang Yaping goes to the fields to help with the work, sowing seeds and pulling grass.
In the absence of parents' demands, at the age of 8, Wang Yaping had learned to wash clothes and reduce the burden on his parents.
On that day, when his parents were not at home, Wang Yaping received all the clothes on the kang into the basin, and then took the washing basin to the nearby small river to fetch water, found a piece of soap, and began to wash his clothes in a similar way.
As a result, not only had the clothes not been washed, but the soap had been soaked and used up, and the mother who returned home laughed so much that tears fell.
Wang Yaping seems to have shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, not only studying well, but also a good seedling of proper sports.
Since the age of 7, she has participated in the school sports day every year, 800 meters running, 1000 meters long run, she also represented the school in district competitions, won two first places.
In junior high school, Wang Yaping participated in sports activities at the same time, but still maintained the top results in various subjects in the class, her language expression ability surprised the class teacher, so let her be a "language representative".
In view of her good Chinese scores, after Wang Yaping graduated from junior high school, her parents asked her to apply for the Teachers College and become a teacher after graduation.
At that time, they really couldn't afford to pay for Wang Yaping to study, and if they were admitted to the Teachers' College, the tuition fees would be free and they could provide jobs, which would also reduce the burden.
They envisioned the future for Wang Yaping, but they did not think that Wang Yaping, who loved to learn, could give up his studies.
In order not to let her parents hinder her, Wang Yaping made a bold move, which invisibly changed the trajectory of her life.
Wang Yaping hid from his parents, quietly changed his volunteers, applied for high school, and successfully entered the First Middle School in Fushan District.
At that time, Wang Yaping was recruited as a sports student, focusing on 800 meters and 1000 meters of long-distance running.
In August 1997, Wang Yaping thought that he must take the road of college entrance examination and was in the process of intensely reviewing and preparing for the exam, when suddenly a good news came.
The national aviation force went to the school to recruit the seventh batch of female pilots, at that time, the state only recruited female pilots once in 8 years, and Wang Yaping undoubtedly bumped into a square.
At that time, there were 20 girls in the physical education class, only Wang Yaping did not wear glasses, considering that Wang Yaping had good grades and physical fitness, the teacher asked her to try it.
The pilot's physical examination is very strict, and one indicator is not passed, and it is basically impossible to qualify as a pilot.
This time only recruited 37 pilots, Shandong Province only recruited 5, Wang Yaping felt that he must be no drama, with the mentality of trying to participate in the selection.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yaping successfully passed various examinations and was admitted to Changchun Flight Academy as the 7th batch of female pilots.
Wang Yaping, 17 years old, ran on the ground for 10 years, and finally flew out of the small mountain village and flew into the blue sky.
People in the village all said, "A golden phoenix flew out of our village, which was raised by the old Wang family's golden silk cage." ”
Of course, getting the acceptance letter does not mean that you are a pilot from now on, and every semester there will be an assessment, pass the assessment, stay, and vice versa, eliminate.
The training is in winter, the winter in Changchun is very cold, and the pilot needs to withstand heavy snow, carry the cold wind, run and do physical training.
In order to facilitate training, Wang Yaping cut off his long hair for more than ten years.
In 1999, the final assessment results came out, eliminating 7 people and leaving 30 people, successfully entering the Harbin First Flight Academy, and Wang Yaping was one of them.
After surviving two years of examinations, 4 years of daily training in the Flight Academy was even more grinding.
They have to study university courses, but also carry out high-intensity military training, training such as pulling exercises, parachuting, swimming and so on.
In the summer, the maximum temperature outside the north reaches more than 30 degrees, and Wang Yaping is always the first to assemble in the playground, and she has already run a lap before everyone comes.
In winter, at minus 30 degrees, every time Wang Yaping runs exercises, his clothes are full of hot sweat, the outside of his clothes is full of frost, and his eyelashes are full of frost and snow.
In the past four years, Wang Yaping has not taken a leave of absence, and when she can't stick to it, she will always tell herself, "If you don't do your best, you will be eliminated."
In the flight pilot assessment, Wang Yaping won the first place for two consecutive years, and after 4 years, she has been able to fly 4 types of aircraft, and everyone ridiculed her as "Ping Brother".
In 2001, Wang Yaping successfully graduated and was assigned to the Wuhan Air Force Transport Aviation Unit and became a transport pilot.
At that time, Wang Yaping was only 21 years old, and although she had already entered the Air Force Transport Aviation, she did not know what she should do in the future.
Until 2003, Wang Yaping cheered yang Liwei in front of the TV set for Yang Liwei to go to space, and she set her own ambition: "Become China's first female astronaut!" ”
Before that, the man who had the greatest influence on Wang Yaping was Yang Liwei, but by 2004, Yang Liwei could only "abdicate and give way".
This year, the most important man in Wang Yaping's life appeared...
Here, Wang Yaping met his own love, falling in love with Zhao Peng, who was in the same army, and on October 1, 2006, when the whole country was celebrating, the two married.
According to the reason, Wang Yaping is one level higher than Zhao Peng, Zhao Peng needs to salute when he sees Wang Yaping, and some comrades-in-arms ridicule Wang Yaping and ask her, "Do you still want to give you a salute when your husband comes home?" Do you usually have something to ask for instructions? ”
Wang Yaping gave her husband enough face and replied domineeringly: "No need to ask for instructions, just manage it normally." ”
Both are pilots, usually gather less and leave more, when Zhao Peng rests, Wang Yaping will go on a mission, when Wang Yaping is on vacation, Zhao Peng works, and the two can't always touch each other.
The two can only pray that the plane they are flying can meet the other's plane, and when they meet, Zhao Peng will say a romantic code that only two people understand.
Sometimes, Wang Yaping went to the cockpit first, and Zhao Peng texted her, "Wife, it is important to complete the task, I cheer for you!" ”
With Zhao Peng's understanding and comfort, Wang Yaping was able to fly with peace of mind and rush to the front line without scruples.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Wang Yaping was ordered to deliver materials to the disaster area and assist the disaster area.
Wang Yaping delivered supplies to the disaster area day and night for 7 consecutive days, and her husband also participated in the earthquake relief at that time.
In August 2008, in order to ensure that the Beijing Olympic Games were held as scheduled, Wang Yaping was ordered to participate in meteorological support work and flew a plane into the thick cumulus clouds in the sky.
After more than an hour of fighting, the thick cumulus clouds finally dissipated, and Wang Yaping completed the task perfectly.
In the past 8 years, Wang Yaping has accumulated 1600 hours of flight time and has been rated as "Excellent Pilot" many times.
For Wang Yaping's work, her husband Zhao Peng did not have any complaints and gave understanding.
However, it didn't take long for the two to fight over one thing.
In May 2009, the second batch of national astronaut selection was launched, and women were allowed to sign up for the first time.
This was a rare opportunity for Wang Yaping, who dreamed of becoming a female astronaut, and she did not hesitate to sign up.
But Zhao Peng is not happy, Wang Yaping is 29 years old, if you go to select astronauts again, you can't catch up with the birth of a child, and you can be an advanced maternal age in the future, zhao Peng is worried about her physical condition.
Wang Yaping persuaded her husband with only one sentence, and she said to Zhao Peng: "Child, I want, dream, I want, I want, there is nothing to say." ”
In this way, Wang Yaping participated in the selection of astronauts and was successfully selected, becoming one of the first batch of female astronauts.
The devil training of astronauts is not weaker than that of pilots, and there can be no mistakes.
Wang Yaping all carried it, passed more than 50 courses and assessments, and won the first place in the aviation science examination for two consecutive years.
In 2012, after 3 years of training, Wang Yaping became a female astronaut of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft and a member of the backup crew.
In 2013, Wang Yaping was selected as the flight crew of the Shenzhou 10 manned mission, becoming the only female astronaut.
10 years of dreams, finally realized at this moment, Wang Yaping is very excited, every day looking forward to the day of the real flying sky.
When the father heard that his daughter had become a female astronaut, he was very worried, "Being a pilot is dangerous enough, and when an astronaut wants to fly outside the earth, it is not more dangerous." ”
Wang Yaping assured his father: "Dad, you can rest assured, I can fly out, I can fly back, I will be able to complete the task and win glory for the motherland." ”
On June 11, 2013, the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft was launched, and the red flames instantly lit up the entire night sky, and three astronauts, including Wang Yaping, flew into space.
On June 13, Shenzhou 10 and Tiangong 1 completed docking, and Wang Yaping grabbed the Chinese knot in his hand, entered the Tiangong cabin, and waved at the camera.
In addition to successfully reaching space, Wang Yaping still has a major mission to complete here.
Wang Yaping wants to give a "space physics class" to Chinese primary and secondary school students here.
Wang Yaping used various physical principles to show many interesting phenomena to the students at the other end of the camera, which made the students addicted.
As a result, she was named China's first "space teacher".
After 8 years, Wang Yaping entered space again on Shenzhou 13, becoming China's first post-80s female astronaut.
8 years ago, she was still just a wife, easy to fight, and this time, she had more worries, before leaving, she said to her 5-year-old daughter:
"Mom's going to go to space to pick stars for you, waiting for Mom to come back."
This time she will stay in space for half a year, she does not know, half a year later, will she have a strange relationship with her daughter?
But on the day of the trip, her daughter stood in the crowd and shouted at Wang Yaping, "Mom come on, wait for you to come back", Wang Yaping suddenly felt at ease.
Holding back the thought of his daughter, for Wang Yaping, it is still simple, and the most difficult thing is to complete the space space mission perfectly.
At the beginning, Yang Liwei, as the first astronaut to fly into space, hovered on the edge of life and death several times.
When the rocket rose to a height of thirty or forty kilometers, the whole country rejoiced, but Yang Liwei in the cabin endured the pain of death.
The violent oscillation of the rocket and the spacecraft caused Yang Liwei to resonate, and he instantly underwent gravity of 6 times his body weight, resonating for 26 seconds.
Yang Liwei said afterwards: "At the extreme point of pain, I really thought I was going to sacrifice. ”
It's so difficult for male astronauts, not to mention what happens to female astronauts when they go into space.
In order to ensure that there is no mistake in entering space, the training of female astronauts is more rigorous and demanding.
In space, the most important thing is to adapt to weightlessness, weekday training simulation weightlessness out of the cabin, Wang Yaping needs to wear a heavy liquid-cooled heat dissipation suit, and then wrapped in a layer of cabin clothing, and then be hoisted into the pool.
The water foot is 10 meters deep, and Wang Yaping needs to overcome the resistance of the water and the gravity of the clothes to complete the climbing and operation of various difficult actions in the water.
A training session lasted for five or six hours, and when I was hungry and tired on the way, I couldn't pause to rest, and I could only grit my teeth and persevere.
Overweight endurance training is even more fatal.
Wang Yaping had to withstand 8G gravitational acceleration in a centrifuge with a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
In this process, Wang Yaping will feel extremely difficult to breathe, his face is twisted, his tears cannot be controlled to soar outward, and after the end of training, Wang Yaping's feet will fall to the ground and he will not be able to stand steadily at all.
For all this, Wang Yaping did not complain in the slightest, but she said happily, "After practicing every time, the technology has progressed again, and it is one step closer to the dream." ”
Today, Wang Yaping is 41 years old, just 20 years after she officially entered the aerospace industry.
Asked what he would say if he met his 21-year-old self, Wang Yaping smiled and said confidently:
"I want to say to my 21-year-old self, thank you for overcoming all difficulties, persistently insisting on and guarding your dreams, and then I want to instruct the 21-year-old me to persevere to the end at any time, not to give up my dreams, and to firmly believe that happiness is a struggle." 」
Since 2003, when the dream of 'wanting to be the first female astronaut' was rooted in his heart, Wang Yaping gritted his teeth and walked to the present.
When his dream was tied to the fate of the country, Wang Yaping did not retreat and did not hesitate to rush forward.
Before, it was a dream for her, but now, for her, it is a love, a mission.
"Because this love is enough for me to overcome all the difficulties, overcome all the difficulties, and even sacrifice my own life."
I wish the successful completion of the Shenzhou 13 manned space flight mission, and we are here, waiting for you to go home!