"Space teacher" breaks new record Wang Yaping becomes Chinese astronaut with longest orbit

　　China News Agency, Beijing, January 26th: "Space Teacher" breaks new record Wang Yaping becomes China's longest-orbiting astronaut

　　Author Ma Shuisha

　　"When China has its first male astronaut, when will there be a female astronaut?" In 2003, China's first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 5, was successfully launched with astronaut Yang Liwei, who was still an Air Force pilot at the time, Wang Yaping. Watching the rocket's tail flame in front of the TV, this idea popped into my mind.

　　In 2010, after strict selection, Wang Yaping became China's first female astronaut as she wished; now, with the implementation of the Shenzhou 13 mission, she also became China's astronaut with the longest cumulative time in orbit a few days ago. .

Astronaut Wang Yaping.

Photo courtesy of China Manned Space Engineering Office

　　On October 16, 2021, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu took the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft and successfully entered the Tianhe core module. The Chinese astronauts will stay in orbit for 6 months for the first time.

This is not only the second best flight crew in the Chinese space station mission, but also the first one for female astronauts.

Wang Yaping, who was known as "China's first space teacher" in the past, also set a number of "first" records during the Shenzhou 13 mission.

　　This mission is Wang Yaping's second expedition to space after the Shenzhou 10 mission in 2013, and she has become China's first female astronaut to enter space twice and the first to enter the Chinese space station.

　　For more than three months after "staying in Tiangong", Wang Yaping's on-orbit work and life arrangements have been full.

On November 8, 2021, less than a month after entering space, Wang Yaping completed the first extravehicular activity of the Shenzhou 13 astronaut crew, taking the first step of Chinese women's extravehicular spacewalk.

Data map: Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, as space photographers, took high-definition pictures for Wang Yaping, and showed everyone the little luck of life on the space station.

Image source: China Manned Space Engineering Office

　　The space environment will not change because of the arrival of women, nor will the threshold be lowered because of women.

The two expeditions and the first flight put forward higher requirements for Wang Yaping's daily training.

In the physical fitness training, Wang Yaping was 3 minutes ahead of the full score in the 3000-meter assessment; in the physical equipment training, she practiced for 1 hour in addition to the prescribed class hours each time; in the underwater training for out-of-vehicle activities, male astronauts were underwater As long as she persisted, she also persisted underwater.

　　During the 6.5-hour out-of-vehicle activity, she wore the latest "Shining Gold" extravehicular spacesuit sent by the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft, and cooperated with Zhai Zhigang to carry out the installation of the mechanical arm suspension device and the adapter. , Outboard typical action test and other operations.

　　While completing the out-of-vehicle activities and on-orbit experiments, carrying out various forms of popular science education activities is also an important task for the "God 13" crew.

On December 9 last year, Wang Yaping, Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu jointly conducted the first space lecture on the Chinese space station.

After 8 years, Wang Yaping returned to the post of "space teacher", standing on the "highest podium" to teach.

　　"For this reason, many children like aerospace, and some children apply for the aerospace major, and some children have even become my colleagues." She once said in an interview before Feitian, which made her feel the significance of space teaching, And what moved her especially was that when the space class was taught, those unborn children are still looking at the videos at that time.

　　"The first female astronaut in the Chinese space station", "the first female astronaut in China out of the cabin", "the first class in the Chinese space station", "the Chinese astronaut with the longest cumulative time in orbit", and Wang Yaping has been in space for more than 3 months. "First" and "Most" tags.

　　In a few days, she will celebrate the Spring Festival with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu in space. This is the first time for Chinese astronauts to celebrate the New Year in space.

When asked in the interview what he brought to fly to the sky, Wang Yaping revealed that he brought a relatively large musical instrument, and the culture of the Chinese nation will be displayed in the sky. gifts" and "surprise them both in the new year".

　　The 6-month "space trip" is still in progress, which means that Wang Yaping will continue to set the record for the length of time in orbit. As Wang Yaping said, "People often say that flying is an uncertain art, but for us astronauts , will be determined by our performance in the sky." People also expect her to continue to write the history of Chinese female astronauts.

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