Deng Qingming finally left a figure in space.
Author: Sui Yumei
Editor: Fu
On the evening of 29th, Shenzhou XV manned spacecraft was launched! Three astronauts embarked on a dream trip.
Deng Qingming, I finally did it this time!
Previously, Deng Qingming's name has been associated with regret many times-he is the only astronaut in China who is still in service but has not performed a mission.
The astronauts of Shenzhou 15 manned mission left the cabin in groups, and Deng Qingming was on the far right.
Shenzhou-9, Shenzhou-10 and Shenzhou-11 Deng Qingming successively entered the space mission backup crew for many times, but they never realized their dreams.
After nearly 25 years of waiting, 56-year-old Deng Qingming and Shenzhou 15 together sent their hopes and dreams into space.
In the era of knowing destiny, Deng Qingming finally wanted to leave a figure in space. This scene will inspire countless people to stick to their dreams.
The space career of "backup"
165438+20221October 28th, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center asked Tian Ge. Three astronauts who carried out the Shenzhou XV mission made their first public appearance. Astronaut Deng Qingming stood in front of the bright red national flag, raised his hand to pay tribute to the reporters, and looked indifferent.
Deng Qingming
Only when he speaks can he hear his deliberately suppressed excitement: "Space will not open its arms to me because the story is touching, and life can have several beats."
On the Internet, Deng Qingming's story of "preparing for a 25-year space dream" has aroused a lot of resonance, and countless people regard it as a warm taste in their firm life.
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1998 1.5, Deng Qingming, who has served as the deputy captain of a certain flight brigade, became the first astronauts of the China People's Liberation Army Astronaut Brigade together with other 13 comrades. After years of hard training, he is qualified to carry out manned space missions.
At that time, he was still young. He thinks he will go into space in the next few years, but he always meets unexpectedly.
China has just started manned space flight, and there are few opportunities to go into space. All astronauts have to go through hard training that ordinary people can't imagine. The selection criteria are stricter, and the difference between the scores of the first and last place in many subjects is only a few points.
It is this gap of a few tenths of a point that makes Deng Qingming a "replacement" astronaut again and again, and can only watch his teammates return from space. He can only insist.
On 20 13, a very small stone was found in Deng Qingming's body. Ordinary people can ignore this, but astronauts can't. In order to continue to pursue his space dream, he underwent surgery.
Deng Qingming received treatment.
Unexpectedly, the first operation failed to completely remove the stone, so the doctor had to bury a tube in his kidney. Deng Qingming lived with this tube for more than a month, and he also peed blood for more than a month. Fortunately, after the second operation, the stone was successfully removed. He felt that "his dream was rekindled".
Since then, Deng Qingming has ushered in the selection of the Shenzhou XI launch mission. It was the closest he had ever been to space, and it was also the most regrettable one.
In preparation for the Shenzhou XI mission, Deng Qingming participated in a 33-day simulation and verification test of the ground assembly, 1: 1.
He shared a dormitory with teammate Chen Dong and lived in isolation for 33 days. In a closed cabin less than 10 square meter, they eat, drink and sleep in it, which completely simulates the life state of Shenzhou XI's on-orbit mission, including the almost cruel 72-hour sleep deprivation training.
In the end, Deng Qingming and Chen Dong completed the task with high quality and put forward many constructive opinions and suggestions, which laid a good foundation for the formal implementation of the task.
Unfortunately, in 20 16, it was Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong who finally carried out the Shenzhou XI mission, and Deng Qingming received the backup notice again.
Deng Qingming clearly remembers the scene when he announced the list: "After hearing the results, I was really shocked. The whole hall was strangely quiet. I think most people are paying attention to me. "
He can't say anything. After a while, he turned and hugged Jing Haipeng and said, "Haipeng, congratulations!" Jing Haipeng also replied "Thank you brother" affectionately.
Career and persistence will eventually pay off.
In fact, in the face of failure, Deng Qingming felt sad.
Because of some things that happened before, when he missed the Shenzhou XI mission, Deng Qingming thought that there was no chance to go to heaven in his life.
20 14, 14 In June, the superior announced that five astronauts, Li Qinglong, Wu Jie, Chen Quan, Pan Zhanchun and Zhao Chuandong, would stop flying and training. These people are comrades-in-arms who joined China's first astronaut echelon with Deng Qingming.
Deng Qingming felt the pressure of age for the first time.
My brother Li Qinghua once told the media that at one time, he always felt a little sensitive about flying in front of his brother. In recent years, no matter on the phone or once a year, family members will not take the initiative to talk about the topic of departure day.
It was not until "God Twelve" that my brother called and told him that he had failed in the task of God Twelve. "When talking about the result, he was very calm."
However, even though he was heartbroken, Deng Qingming accomplished the preparatory task brilliantly. He remembered what Chen Quan said to him when he stopped training: "Whether it is the master copy or the backup, it is the duty of astronauts! Lao Deng, you must continue to work hard and don't give up. "
When preparing tasks on weekdays, there is no distinction between backup and main use. Deng Qingming's training subjects, time, content, intensity and assessment criteria are the same as those of his teammates who perform tasks.
Deng Qingming in Preparing for War
In order to have the ability to carry out manned space missions independently, astronauts need to pass the rigorous examination of training in eight categories and hundreds of subjects. Deng Qingming said: "In the training process, we must always maintain excellent results and the best state before we can finally enter the echelon to perform tasks."
After a launch mission, he followed the instructions on the ground and went through all the procedures with the astronauts in the sky, checking every step.
He said: "As a backup mission, the mission is not over until you come back from the base. My comrades came back safely, and this is the end of the backup. "
Deng Qingming has always been a famous astronaut, completing his work perfectly all the time. Even if he didn't fly before, he has won everyone's respect with his actions.
It is such perseverance and persistence that he finally waited for the opportunity to dream of space.
"25 years is a very long process. I passed the task again and again. I have been lost and shed tears, but I never hesitated and never gave up. I can prepare silently with my life, but I will never allow myself to be unprepared when the task comes. "
Deng Qingming
"Dad's Secret"
Facing the task, Deng Qingming can accept all the gains and losses calmly. Facing his family, he couldn't help feeling guilty.
After the Shenzhou XI mission was "unsuccessful", Deng Qingming returned to Beijing. Deng Qingming's wife stayed at Xijiao Airport. This is the third time she has waited for her husband to come back.
She is wearing a red coat and holding a bunch of flowers in her hand-this should be a preparation for celebrating "victory".
"If you didn't come, I'll pick you up in red. I want the same treatment. " She said.
Seeing the familiar lover, the same clothes and flowers, Deng Qingming's mood is different.
"There is a sense of guilt, but I can't say I'm sorry, I can only keep smiling. Although there are tears in your eyes, you can't let them flow when you look up. "
When he opened the door, he saw a table full of food and three glasses of red wine. His wife and daughter welcomed him back like heroes.
He couldn't bear it any longer. He went into the bathroom, turned on the tap and cried and drowned in the sound of water.
As long as he backs up, his family will accompany him.
Daughter Deng Manqi has always regarded him as an idol and followed her father's footsteps to become an astronaut. Born in 1992, with excellent grades, now working in Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
Deng Manqi and his father are in the flight control hall of Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
But in the past, Deng Manqi didn't understand his father. She wrote this process into a picture book called "Dad's Secret".
Deng Manqi participated in the writing of this book according to his father.
In the story, the six-year-old daughter found that her father had disappeared from the ranks of air force pilots and wanted to be an astronaut. Dad told her that he would send her greetings from space in the future! But it's a secret. You can't tell anyone.
The daughter seemed to understand and agreed. This "secret" has been with her childhood.
In 2003, Shenzhou 5 manned spacecraft sent China's first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. My daughter in junior high school couldn't help being proud and almost said to her deskmate: My father is also an astronaut!
She didn't say. She is waiting, waiting for her father to "rush out of the blue sky and fly into space" and say hello to her in space as promised.
Later, she saw her father miss the flight several times, but he prepared for the flight day after day, year after year, and sometimes he was too tired to hold chopsticks.
Dad's secret illustration. Source: primary and secondary books.
"I once complained about my father's failure and didn't understand his persistence." My daughter wrote in the book: "But in my heart, I know that my father has always been my pride."
After graduation, my daughter also became an astronaut. She found that she knew her father's secret. This kind of understanding and companionship has also become a tacit secret between father and daughter.
Deng Manqi and his father
During the 20 13 Shenzhou-10 mission, Deng Manqi took over from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. A few days before the launch of "Shenzhou 10", Deng Qingming also came to Jiuquan as a member of the task force.
According to the regulations, Deng Qingming should be isolated. Father and daughter haven't seen each other for a year, and now they work in the same building, but they can't give each other a hug.
Deng Qingming and his daughter agreed to meet at Wentian Pavilion across the fence after dinner every day. In this way, the father is in the fence and the daughter is outside the fence, separated by more than ten meters.
Every time she leaves, her daughter will say to her father, "Let's work together and never give up!"
Seeing each other late, it's hard to part. Deng Qingming remembers that her daughter kept going forward and refused to look back. "I can feel the child crying. My heart was sour at that time. "
Deng Manqi also wrote a short article to record the mood at that time. In my daughter's eyes, "I finally saw the white hair hidden in your dyed hair."
Three years have passed. In the Shenzhou XI mission, two generations of astronauts, father and daughter, were busy in their respective posts.
On the day of mission training, Deng Manqi, who was on duty in the command hall, suddenly saw his father appear on the big screen. At that time, Deng Qingming had just experienced 33 days of cruel training.
Looking at my father's skillful report, my mind suddenly came up with his efforts over the years, and my eyes were moist. She turned around and took a photo with her father on the screen. It was a moment when a daughter was truly proud of her father.
Tonight, she saw her father on the screen again. This time, he will fly into space. At this moment, they waited for 25 years!
"You only stick to your original heart for one belief and pursue your dreams all your life." She wrote to her father: "For the next six months, I will be on the ground and you will be in the sky. As I agreed when I was a child, we fought side by side. You will always be the greatest hero in my mind, my dear father. "
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