Liu Yang: "The Woman Nearest to the Sun", 8 years after disappearing, she returned as a doctor of Tsinghua University

Liu Yang

In 2003, Yang Liwei, China's first male astronaut, successfully landed in Inner Mongolia after flying 14 times on the "Shenzhou V", and he completed China's first space flight.

In 2012, China's first female aviator Liu Yang performed the manned rendezvous and docking missions of "Shen Nine" and "Tiangong No. 1" with two other partners.

Among them, Liu Yang will not only carry out monitoring tasks during docking, but also undertake another space scientific experiment. Finally, after successfully completing the mission, after returning, she was affectionately called "the woman closest to the sun".

and the worst self

Liu Yang is from Zhengzhou, Henan. When I was very young, I never thought that one day I could go to space and go to the moon. She used to dream of being a white-collar worker like many girls. But what she didn't expect was that the head teacher opened the door to the astronauts for her.

Liu Yang was still in his third year of high school, and it happened that Changchun Flight Academy enrolled students in their school to promote. Because her grades were good, her eyesight, height, and other aspects met the requirements of a pilot, so the teacher applied for her without discussing with Liu Yang.

Liu Yang

At that time, there were so many people who loved the aerospace industry. They never thought that they would be chosen, but luck fell to her. She was admitted to Changchun Flight Academy of the Aviation Army. Liu Yang was very excited to think that she could actually start the dream of flying to the sky, and the seeds of this dream had also sprouted in her heart. Liu Yang cherished this opportunity very much.

But after entering the school, Liu Yang's excitement was not digested, so he immediately devoted himself to various physical training. The pilot's intense and intensive training stunned Liu Yang.

has always been very good Liu Yang. In the face of her friends who were also carefully selected, she suddenly found that her own was actually very mediocre. It was also a long-distance running training. Everyone else had finished running, but she only ran half the distance. . This made Liu Yang feel an unusual sense of frustration, and even began to doubt whether he was suitable for the career of a pilot.

Liu Yang

At this time, her good classmates just sent her a letter, in which they encouraged her: "You are already a pilot. Now that you have made a choice, all you have to do now is to push away. This door." The encouragement of classmate

gave Liu Yang great confidence. So she decided to change herself.

From that day on, no matter what the weather, Liu Yang insisted on running in the morning every day, and when others ran 5 kilometers, she ran 7 kilometers. During the long-distance running training, she blistered on the soles of her feet and stubbornly refused to get on the "medical cart." Until the blisters on the feet were connected into pieces, the doctor could only cut off her epidermis.

Liu Yang

may be the persistence and physical training during this period of time, Liu Yang's results have been improved quickly. When she was able to fly a plane to the sky, all the frustrations and hardships had been rewarded.

Later, Liu Yang had 1,600 hours of flying time, and he also had a wealth of flying experience, coupled with his excellent performance and personal qualities during training. In 2009, Liu Yang was awarded the honorary title of Air Force Class II Pilot.

and she also joined the team of the first batch of Chinese female astronauts.

Opportunities are not always available, but Liu Yang knows how to seize the opportunity, and through his strong will, he opened a new life for himself.

​​Liu Yang

Devil training before spaceflight

Liu Yang, as a pilot, is definitely one of the best in physical fitness and flight skills. Coupled with her high demands on herself, she is confident that she will be selected.

In fact, Liu Yang's physical fitness poses another challenge when facing aerospace training. After all, controlling an airplane is completely different from going into space. In particular, there are nearly a hundred training subjects in aerospace, and each training is to challenge the limits of the human body. All these refreshed her new understanding of spaceflight.

especially in that swivel chair training program.

Liu Yang

used to have this project when he was a pilot. He only needs to sit for 4 minutes without any head movement. But this project of the astronaut needs to sit for 15 minutes and at the same timeDo some head exercises. Even people with very good vestibular functions have some difficulty in passing this level.

But Liu Yang didn't shrink back, just like she used to run, she continued to push the limit in training with determination.

wants to sit for 15 minutes, which is actually a gradual process. At the beginning, Liu Yang was at his limit when he sat for 5 minutes. So she desperately diverted her attention, thinking of something to make herself happy.

Liu Yang

Later, she said to herself: "As long as I can persevere, no matter if I sit for a few minutes, as long as I persist until I can't persevere, it will be considered a victory." Finally, she overcame the training.

On June 16, 2012, with a loud noise, Liu Yang and his friends Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang, the three of them went to perform the manned rendezvous and docking mission of "Shen Nine" and "Tiangong No. 1" . At that moment, they became the focus of world attention.

Liu Yang once said: "As a pilot, I feel that I am already very close to the sky. I love my flying career very much."

When Liu Yang came out of Shenzhou 9 with a sunny smile, she She became the first woman in China to be closest to the sun, and she also left a strong color in the history of spaceflight.

Liu Yang

After returning, he cherished the ordinary

. Once, an overseas Chinese said: "How high the Chinese spacecraft flies, our overseas Chinese can hold their heads high."

So, Liu Yang after the return , Not as everyone is worried, because of the weightlessness in space and other reasons are being treated, but has slowly recovered the body. Liu Yang was 35 years old at the time. After

completed the space mission, Liu Yang thought that some of the knowledge reserves were not enough when performing the mission, so she faded out of people's vision and chose to enter the Tsinghua University School of Social Sciences for two years of substantial study. Finally, he obtained a doctorate degree from Tsinghua University with honors.

Liu Yang

In 2012, CCTV asked Liu Yang for the program in "The First Class of School" to popularize the knowledge of aviation for students. One of the students asked Liu Yang how the "Shen Nine" space mission was successful? Liu Yang said that her secret of success is: persistence, love and focus.

Liu Yang encourages students to have the courage to pursue their ideals. She said: "Everyone’s ideals and dreams are closely related to the development of the times. It is in the development of an increasingly powerful motherland that the dream of one's astronauts will finally come to an end. Ignite."

Liu Yang

In April 2020, as an outstanding representative of the three major milestones of China's aerospace, Liu Yang was appointed by the National Space Administration as the "China Aerospace Charity Ambassador". This means that Liu Yang has not only realized his dream, but also realized the value of life. For Liu Yang, this is the beginning of her new journey.

Zeng Ziyan: "Skills must not be unrelenting, and have a long way to go." Liu Yang's contribution to the country and her perseverance deserve our respect and study. As ordinary and ordinary us, we must also find the value of our life and make our life ordinary and not mediocre.