People who know about the Chinese space brigade may know that at present, China has carried out three astronaut selections, the first time was in 1998, a total of 14 astronauts were selected, the second time was in 2010, 7 astronauts were selected, of which 2 were women, and 18 astronauts were selected in 2020, including 1 woman. Among all the astronauts, the most famous should be Yang Liwei.
Yang Liwei is the first person in China's space exploration, the forerunner and pathfinder of China's space exploration. In 2005, without any experience, he boarded the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft to explore space for China, and in the 21 hours after liftoff, he experienced a series of life-and-death dangers. Fortunately, in the end, he returned smoothly and landed safely, creating an aerospace myth for us and opening a new chapter in space exploration. Yang Liwei's contribution in China's aerospace field is very important, so after he successfully completed his mission, China awarded him the honorary title of "Aerospace Hero".
All along, Yang Liwei was the only recipient of this honorary title until 2008, after the Successful Completion of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft, the state awarded the title of Space Hero to a second person, Zhai Zhigang. In a sense, it means that Zhai Zhigang is the only astronaut who can compare his credit with Yang Liwei.
In 2008, Zhai Zhigang took the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft mission into space, wore the flying suit developed by China, opened the hatch, and took a small step into space, which means that China's exploration of space is a big step, which means that China broke the monopoly of the United States, Russia and Germany, and became the third country in the world to independently master the capsule technology!
Since then, there has not been a third person in our country to receive the "Space Hero" medal. Other astronauts who have been in space, although they have not won this medal, have received the medal of heroic astronaut, which also means the country's space hero. Maybe the next space hero medal winner will be the first Chinese astronaut to set foot on the moon, do you think it is possible?