At 9:22 on June 17, the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, entering the predetermined orbit with a precise attitude and successfully sending three heroic astronauts into space.
After the successful docking of the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft with the Tianhe core module, the astronaut crew successfully entered the orbital module, and then at 18:48, they entered the Tianhe core module in turn, a historic moment that marked the first time that the Chinese set foot on their own space station.
Among the three astronauts, Tang Hongbo, who is only 47 years old, is the youngest. After 11 years of hard study and training, he made his first trip to space on this mission.
From the son of a farmer in Xiangtan, Hunan, to an air force pilot, to an astronaut, every step of his way is inseparable from the support and encouragement of his wife Xia Yi. Xia Yi used to be a teacher in Xiangtan, Hunan, and in order to support her husband's career, she resolutely gave up her job and accompanied him on the journey.
Today, she works in the spacesuit engineering office of the Astronaut Scientific Research and Training Center, participating in the vital aerospace work and jointly contributing to China's aerospace industry.
As the wife of an aerospace pilot, Xia Yi is dignified and elegant, and like Yang Liwei's wife Zhang Yumei, she is a teacher. In her hometown of Xiangtan, Hunan, she has been engaged in education for many years, shouldering responsibilities and picking up the burden of her family.
Xia Yi's father was Tang Hongbo's junior high school teacher at the time, and his high school homeroom teacher was also a colleague of Xia Yi's father, and they introduced the young man to each other. Tang Hongbo, born in 1975 in Xiangtan Village, Hunan Province, is diligent and studious, with excellent grades.
In the pilot recruitment examination before graduating from high school, he was successfully admitted to the military academy flight cadet. After graduation, Tang Hongbo became an air force pilot, perennial in the northwest to carry out tasks, due to the busy military life and stationed in the northwest where he was not familiar with life, marriage has become the most concerned issue for his family.
The high school homeroom teacher introduced Xia Yi to Tang Hongbo, who was the daughter of Tang Hongbo's junior high school homeroom teacher. After the two met, they quickly confirmed their relationship. However, their road to love is not smooth, Xia Yi is a teacher and is busy with work, while Tang Hongbo is often busy in the military station, the two are thousands of miles apart, and there are few opportunities to get together.
Still, they insisted on keeping in touch by writing letters and **. Xia Yi had to ride a bicycle for 40 minutes to the post office in the city every time to take a **, and the fee also accounted for half of the salary of the two.
Tang Hongbo treasures a thick ** card album, each card carries the memories of their love. After three years of relationship, they entered the palace of marriage.
When Xia Yi went to visit relatives in the army for the first time, he deeply felt the responsibility on his shoulders. During the family visit, Tang Hongbo was considerate of his newlywed wife, and in addition to his busy work and training, he would also find time to watch movies and taste supper with Xia Yi, making her military camp life full of sweetness.
However, due to the large temperature difference between day and night in the northwest, Tang Hongbo unfortunately contracted wind chill.
After Xia Yi returned home, Tang Hongbo was admitted to the hospital because of his poor physical condition. At this time, Xia Yi received a ** from the political commissar of Tang Hongbo's unit. During the visit to relatives, the political commissar found that Tang Hongbo often took Xia Yi out at night, although he saw it, but in order not to affect the newlyweds, he chose to remain silent.
In **, the political commissar earnestly warned Xia Yi that it is not easy for the country to train a pilot, and for the career of a pilot, physical health is the most valuable asset.
He reminded Xia Yi, as the pilot's wife, to always pay attention to her husband's health and not let him work too hard. Xia Yi was deeply moved, and this passage made her remember it in her heart.
She has always thanked the commissar for his reminders and advice. From that moment on, she realized that her husband's body not only belonged to their small family, but also to the blue sky of the motherland. She understands that as the pilot's wife, she has a responsibility to protect her husband's physical and mental health.
Xia Yi is convinced that her husband's health is more important than everything else, and she will take good care of his body and prevent any minor illness from developing into a major illness. Whenever her husband is about to go on a mission, she pays attention to his emotions and helps him maintain a peaceful mind.
In this process, Xia Yi was under tremendous psychological pressure, and every time her husband went on a mission, she was terrified. Her only expectation was to see her husband train in a pleasant atmosphere and return safe and sound.
Xia Yi gave up her job at school and chose to embark on a new journey with her husband Tang Hongbo. Although they began to live separately, one in the military camp in the northwest and the other in their hometown in Xiangtan, Hunan, Xia Yi worked in the local key primary school and was highly respected, and his parents and elder brother also lived in Xiangtan, so it was very convenient for them to take care of each other.
Her life is very stable and happy.
The two have just entered the palace of marriage, and Tang Hongbo's family leave allows him to go home only once a year. However, every time he returned home, he wholeheartedly supported his wife's career development, and the relationship between the two was sweet and deep.
Despite the short time together, they lived very happily. But with the birth of their child, the couple faced new challenges. After much deliberation, they agreed that the child needed to grow up in a complete family, so they decided to live together.
However, this also means that Tang Hongbo needs to give up his flying career, or Xia Yi needs to give up his education career in his hometown. It was a difficult choice before them.
However, Xia Yi did not hesitate to choose to support her husband. She is willing to make sacrifices for love and family, which is also the expression of her deepest love for Tang Hongbo.
Despite the difficulties they faced, their love and determination got them through it together.
Xia Yi understands that her beloved husband has an immense passion for flying, and this blue sky is an indispensable part of his life. If he was forced to give up flying, it would be tantamount to depriving the bird of its wings, and such a life would be unimaginable for him.
Therefore, as the pilot's wife, Xia Yi resolutely gave up her identity as a teacher at a famous school in Xiangtan, her hometown, gave up the convenient life she spent with her parents and brother, and chose to go to the northwest with her husband Tang Hongbo to start a new life journey.
In 2009, Tang Hongbo's career ushered in a new opportunity, when the country was recruiting the second batch of astronauts. With Xia Yi's support, Tang Hongbo bravely signed up for the selection.
The selection of Chinese astronauts is extremely rigorous and demanding, whether it is physical fitness, flight experience, professional knowledge, or political literacy, each of which is a test, which needs to be selected at various levels, and the elimination rate is extremely high.
Xia Yi said that her husband is very fortunate to be able to do the work that she loves and is good at, so she fully supports him. With the support of Xia Yi, Tang Hongbo successfully passed the selection and became a glorious Chinese astronaut with his outstanding performance and strength.
After Xia Yi followed Tang Hongbo to become an astronaut, he moved into Beijing Aerospace City. After the assessment, she was transferred to the spacesuit engineering room of the astronaut scientific research and training center. When she first arrived in Beijing, Xia Yi was faced with a completely new environment and work, which was very different from her previous work as a teacher, and she felt a lot of pressure.
At the same time, Tang Hongbo, as a new astronaut, has very high training intensity and pressure, and has almost no time to take care of his family, and all the pressure is borne by Xia Yi alone.
This made Xia Yi's heart full of depression, but there was no one to talk to. She originally brought sunshine and warmth to the people around her, but she became more and more silent. Tang Hongbo saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.
He always finds time to chat with her and go for walks in between training to reduce her stress as much as possible.
In Beijing Aerospace City, Xia Yi received family-like care, and the help and support of her leadership colleagues gave her greater confidence and determination to take on new roles, take on new responsibilities, strive to become a better version of herself, and wholeheartedly assist her husband in the development of the aerospace industry.
After a period of adaptation, Xia Yi regained her former vitality and devoted herself to new learning, reading all kinds of books, broadening her horizons and accumulating professional skills to meet the needs of her new job.
In order to better support her husband, Xia Yi studied psychology courses for two years to protect his mental health, which brought great help to Tang Hongbo's astronaut training.
Xia Yi believes that astronauts play a key role in the manned space industry, and they are the key to realizing the dream in the cause of 10,000 people and one gun. In order to support them, Xia Yi needs to become Tang Hongbo's right-hand man, pay close attention to his physical and mental health, take the initiative to understand him, help him reduce pressure, and keep him trying, experiencing, and optimistic in training.
The astronauts' job is like a marathon, they are constantly training, selecting, and it may take years to wait for a flight. For Tang Hongbo, who loves flying, the waiting process is long and difficult, and the training intensity is very high, which is difficult for ordinary people to bear.
Xia Yi has always paid attention to Tang Hongbo's psychological pressure, he took the initiative to observe and care for Tang Hongbo, whenever he found that Tang Hongbo's mood fluctuated, he would accompany him to chat and walk to help him relieve pressure.
Once, Xia Yi found that Tang Hongbo had a repulsion to wear a heavy spacesuit, as a professional engaged in the development of cabin work clothes, Xia Yi used his advantages to patiently explain the importance and role of spacesuits to Tang Hongbo.
He told Tang Hongbo that the spacesuit is a friend of astronauts, not a burden and a burden, it is the result of the collective development of Chinese scientists, and the crystallization of China's science and technology industry, which pays attention to comfort while ensuring safety.
Under Xia Yi's guidance, Tang Hongbo successfully overcame this psychological obstacle. In the end, Tang Hongbo was successfully selected as an astronaut for Shenzhou-12 with his outstanding performance, and with the help and support of Xia Yi, he successfully flew into space and realized his dream.
On June 17, 2021, their astronaut Tang Hongbo and his companions Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming boarded the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft for the first time to enter China's space station.
At the departure ceremony, Tang Hongbo took the oath with a standard military salute, saying that after 11 years of study, training and tempering, he was confident in his own ability and full confidence in their team.
He said excitedly that he will go to space with the great trust of the motherland and the people, and they will definitely unite and cooperate to build their space home together.
Tang Hongbo left many exciting moments in this space journey, including his first time outside the capsule, riding a space bicycle, and recording a vlog.
In space, he captured the magnificent scenery of the motherland with his lens, from Beijing, the Jiaozhou Peninsula, the estuary of the Yellow River, to the night view of Taiwan, all of which are shocking.
In addition, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming are here"Tianhe"The records of scientific experiments and observations carried out by the core module, as well as their work and life on the space station complex, attracted the attention of a wide audience.
They stayed on the space station assembly for a full 90 days, setting a new record for the time spent by Chinese astronauts in space on a single mission, successfully completing all scheduled tasks, and presenting a precious gift to the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
On the afternoon of September 17, 2021, Tang Hongbo successfully completed the navigation mission and returned to the land of the motherland with his comrades. When he accepted the flowers from his family, he said to his wife affectionately, "How are you? ”
Years of companionship and support, concern and longing during the voyage, all emotions have been turned into this simple greeting, which has touched countless viewers in front of the TV at the moment when the aerospace dream comes true.
Now, in 2022, he has completed the voyage and is actively preparing for the next space flight while recuperating his body.
At the end of last year, Tang Hongbo was honored, and the Communist Party of China and the Military Commission awarded him the title of "Heroic Astronaut" and the "Aerospace Merit Medal".
The acquisition of this honor is inseparable from Xia Yi's help. And in the leisure time when they returned safely at this moment, the couple seemed relaxed and happy. Xia Yi found a few idol dramas she liked and asked Tang Hongbo to accompany her**, but Tang Hongbo, who has always been dismissive of this kind of drama, occasionally makes fun of his wife for being too naïve.
However, Xia Yi replied unhurriedly: "Didn't I accompany you to watch your favorite dramas before?" Can't you watch me for a while now? Tang Hongbo listened to it, and was speechless for a while, because in the past few decades, Xia Yi has always accompanied him in ** "Bright Sword", "Ordinary World", "Big River" and other dramas that he is interested in.
Now it seems that it is his turn to repay Xia Yi.
In order to express his gratitude to his family who supported his aerospace career, Tang Hongbo specially prepared a table of good dishes for Xia Yi and his children. Although he has always been good at cooking, his busy training schedule has meant that he rarely has the opportunity to give his family a taste of his craft.
Now that they finally have some free time, Tang Hongbo decided to make the most of this opportunity. Xia Yi looked at her husband's rare leisure time, and her heart was full of pride. As a family member of an astronaut, like her husband, she deeply loves China's aerospace industry and is determined to fight for this cause for life.