June 16, 2012
Shenzhou 9 was successfully launched
Successfully completed
China's first manned space intersection docking mission
And in this space team
The first place appeared
Chinese female astronauts who stepped into space
A well-deserved hero
She is Liu Yang
Today, nearly a decade has passed since the mission was successfully completed
In this Mid-Autumn Festival
Look back
Recall the age at which you had your dreams
Liu Yang wrote a confession letter to the moon
It not only tells the heartfelt feeling of wanting to see the moon with your own eyes
It also expressed its deep expectations for the aerospace industry of the motherland
"When I was young, I always liked to look up at the starry sky and look for the moon in the vast sea of clouds. For as long as I can remember, the moon has been so out of reach in my mind. At that time, I never thought that I could become a pilot or even an astronaut in the future, and be able to cruise for nine days, "ride the wind, go in the sky, and look down at the mountains and rivers." I believe that in the near future, there will be an opportunity to visit the Moon Palace...
Stay away, and understand the importance of home better
On June 16, 2012, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang, together with Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang, entered Tiangong-1 on the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft to carry out China's first manned rendezvous and docking mission. "What is it like to see the Earth and the moon in space?" After returning from a flight, I am often asked. Sadly, during the 13-day mission, I never saw the moon in person through the porthole. In space, we circle the earth every 90 minutes, and if the human rhythm is changed according to 90 minutes a day and night, I am afraid that I really do not know "what year this night is", and there is no way to carry out normal work and rest. In addition, the light outside the window is bright and dazzling when we are in the sunshine zone, so when we work and live in space, the porthole has always been covered with a porthole cover and illuminated by lighting. After the work is completed, we will take advantage of the rare leisure time to open the porthole cover and look at the beautiful earth and the deep universe.
I often asked enviously about other comrades watching the moon in space. In fact, even into space, we are still very far from the moon. From space, the moon is similar to the ground, it is also clear and shallow, but it is clearer and brighter, perhaps because there are fewer "floating clouds covering the moon", and this "white jade disk" is naturally "clear light should be more". The sun in space is so glaring that it is impossible to look directly at all. The sun's brilliance shrouded the edge of the earth, as if a golden halo was set on the earth, every 90 minutes you can see the cycle of sunrise and sunset, the whole universe from dark to bright, the edge of the earth from black to bright, from black to dark blue, gradually brighter and brighter, until golden, bright and dazzling. This fantastic beauty cannot be described in words.
And the most shocking thing is to look back at our homeland. Looking at the earth from 340 kilometers away, this planet that we have inhabited for generations looks so magnificent and dazzling in the vast universe. The edges of her arcs are clearly visible, always draped in a bluish-white halo, with sunlight projecting a deep, shallow blue on the surface of the sea, the earth's veins are clear, and the coastline is clear and long. She was so beautiful, quietly glowing with a dreamlike glow in the vastness of the universe. "The journey of the sun and the moon, if out of it; the stars are brilliant, if it is out of it", the dreamy blue seems to carry thousands of galaxies.
Human beings enter space in order to discover a new world, but when they look back at the earth from space, they truly understand the connection of the heart and the place of the roots, and truly understand the true meaning of mother earth.
Space is magical. In space, the heart becomes wide, and with the weightlessness of the body, many things become very light and light. But the human heart does not lose weight, and many emotions will become clearer and more precious in the heart. For example, only when you are far away from the earth can you better understand the preciousness of the earth's homeland; only when you are far away from the motherland can you better appreciate the importance of the motherland; only when you are far away from your relatives can you cherish the concerns of your relatives more. When flying in space, we are proud and proud of the motherland all the time, and we feel the strong support from the motherland and the people all the time. Whenever the spaceship flies over the motherland, we can't help but gather at the porthole to look at it, where there are our family and friends, comrades-in-arms who get along day and night, and compatriots who are connected by blood, that is our root, the most worrying.
Dreams are getting closer and closer
"Dew is white from tonight, the moon is the hometown of Ming", the autumn night in Beijing, the sky has been slightly cool, a round of bright moon accompanied me, running in a circle on the vast playground of the Space City. The month came to mid-autumn, but the task was imminent, and intense study and training filled my schedule. I don't remember that this was the Mid-Autumn Festival that failed to be reunited several times, "at this time, we don't hear each other, and I wish to shine on the king month by month"...
Looking up at the moon, I know that there have never been beautiful fairies or well-behaved jade rabbits on the moon, and this cold, barren planet is full of ancient oblique rock highlands and impact craters. But whenever I look at the night sky, those thoughts and attachments, myths and allegories that are deeply engraved in the memory of our nation will always come to me with the bright moonlight.
The bright moon is bright, and the silver man is silent. Every time I look up, I have the hope of "a thousand miles together", and every time I look up, I also give birth to the "Sun and Moon An genus?" Lexing Ann Chen? The question – what is above the moon? What does it look like outside the universe? From the myths and legends of Chang'e Running Moon to the flying murals of the Mogao Grottoes, from the Warring States poet Qu Yuan's "Heavenly Questions" to the Ming Dynasty's attempts to fly in the sky... Flying has always been the dream of the Chinese nation, as far away as the vicissitudes of our nation's history. Nowadays, with the strength of national strength and the development of science and technology, under the silent cultivation of several generations of aerospace armies, the millennium dream has come true.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Space City is full of bright lights, full of busy figures, and the round of bright moon overhead is always accompanied by companions, with thoughts thousands of miles away, carrying the expectations of a thousand years away - looking up at the moon, the moonlight is shining, and the shadow is like the owner of the moon palace reaching out to invite. At this moment, I firmly believe that on the journey to the vast universe, we are all united in our will, and where our hearts are, we will achieve what we want!
Liu Yang
September 21, 2021