At the time of the reunion of the Wanjia family, in the Chinese space station, which is 400 kilometers away from the earth, the space travel trio has been in orbit for three and a half months, and they are the longest astronaut crew in Space so far in China, and the first crew to spend the Spring Festival in space.
Chinese New Year's Eve how did astronauts spend this day in space? What preparations have the ground scientists made for the Spring Festival holiday for astronauts? On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, grassroots reporters from the General Station came to Beijing Space City to record the first Chinese year of the Chinese space station.
On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, in the long-term management hall of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, Fu Xiaohong, the duty supervisor, found that the data of a certain segment was somewhat abnormal when comparing the orbital altitude data of the space station. After communicating with the track experts, it was confirmed that the fluctuations in this data were within the normal range.
Fu Xiaohong, engineer of Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center: The first is to monitor the status of our spacecraft and monitor the status of our astronauts. For example, if we calculate from the orbital budget that we may be relatively close to the position of another satellite or space debris at a certain point, we need to do some evasive control. Astronauts explore space in the sky, and we ground personnel escort the astronauts.
If the Chinese space station is likened to a kite, fu Xiaohong and her team are kite matchmakers. In 2021, Fu Xiaohong has been responsible for the long-term management and operation of the space station assembly, and at the end of the year, she took the initiative to apply for duty and accompany astronauts to spend the first space Spring Festival.
Fu Xiaohong, engineer of Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center: In order to ensure that astronauts can communicate with their families on the phone during the Spring Festival, or need to watch the Spring Festival Gala video program, we have increased the upward and downward arc sections during the Spring Festival to more than 40 time periods, increasing their time for entertainment activities, time for communicating with their families, and so on.
While the ground flight controller escorted the space station, the three astronauts in the space station also began to get busy: writing blessing characters and sticking spring leagues. After dressing up the space station, astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu began to cut their hair, and when astronaut Ye Guangfu cut hair for commander Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping also recorded precious images with professional cameras, and the astronauts' first Spring Festival ceremony on the space station was full of feelings.
Li Dafei, deputy director of the Manned Space Flight Control Office of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center: When I saw groups of astronauts showing our Chinese style in space, I felt that the pain and tiredness were worth it, and it was nothing.
From The day of April 29, 2021 and the launch of the core module into orbit to the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, the space station assembly has been safely in orbit for 277 days. At present, the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center coordinates with the astronaut center and the space station system through the distributed operation control mode to implement various operation and control work on the space station.
Han Haiying, chief designer of the space station's thermal control subsystem: We have more than 4,000 data, and we not only have to focus on the data, we also have to draw its curves at any time and keep an eye on its changing trend. Our subsystem has been performing very well, the whole system works very stable, basically including the temperature is very consistent with our design at that time, including the construction on the ground.
In the afternoon of the same day, it is the time for the astronaut to video call with his relatives, the new hairstyle is matched with new clothes, the sense of the New Year's ceremony is directly full, and the astronaut shares the bits and pieces of space life with his family through two-way video and transmits his thoughts. Ye Guangfu also changed into a festive red Tang costume to interact with his family happily. In the astronaut support hall, Shuguang Commander, Shuguang Overall, Shuguang Doctor, Environmental Control Biosafety and other post personnel formed the ground support support team for the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Xu Chong, director of the Medical Supervision and Medical Insurance Office of the China Astronaut Center: Now (Chinese New Year's Eve) they have been in orbit for 108 days, and their physical and mental condition is very good. Then we carefully and carefully do every job and every task to ensure that our space crew in the sky can complete the entire Shenzhou 13 mission safely, smoothly, healthily and satisfactorily.
Wang Yanlei, director of the selection and training room of the China Astronaut Center: As the commander of Shuguang, we are also a teacher post. The instructor post should observe the astronauts' on-orbit operations on this day, and if we say what kind of problems are encountered, or what kind of problems the astronauts encounter, we must carry out corresponding operational support. Of course, there is no support so far today, because the astronauts have been in space for so many days, they are also very adaptable, and the work is also relatively skilled.
Shuguang commander Wang Yanlei is the space station stage of the first out of the capsule mission of the command post, to the astronaut center to work for 17 years, he has been engaged in astronaut selection and training work, and astronauts like family close, this Chinese New Year's Eve, he specially arranged for himself to be on duty.
Reporter: A little bit of your own "selfishness", right?
Wang Yanlei, director of the selection office of the China Astronaut Center: Yes, a little selfish. Although I didn't spend the day with my family, I think it's something we're looking forward to doing with astronauts and watching them happily celebrate the year in space.
As night fell and the lights came on, the astronauts began to prepare Chinese New Year's Eve meals and spend the New Year happily. The astronauts shared their food with each other, the dumplings fluttered, the soup was full of soup, and the Chinese New Year's Eve in the space weightless environment ate wonderfully and joyfully.
At 7:30 p.m., the Chinese space station crossed the sky over the motherland, and the reporter recorded the image of the space station flying through the Beijing Space City with the lens, and the astronauts also took the brightly lit Chinese New Year's Eve night from space.
Shenzhou 13 astronaut Wang Yaping: It is now 7:30 p.m., our space station is passing over the motherland, let's follow the camera to see the land of Shenzhou Chinese New Year's Eve night. This is the first time we have seen China from the perspective of space Chinese New Year's Eve night, and the city lights are like flames, especially beautiful.
Chinese New Year's Eve watching the Spring Festival Gala, the astronauts drank juice, chose the most comfortable posture, enjoyed the cultural feast, and picked up their mobile phones to take a picture with the Spring Festival Gala on a whim. At this time, in the astronaut support hall on the ground, the support team is formulating the follow-up work arrangements for astronauts.
Wang Yanlei, director of the selection and training room of the China Astronaut Center: We will organize astronauts to watch the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. There are many festive items in the items that give spaceflights, including some entertainment items, which can be used by them to dispose of these times.
Zhou Guodong, assistant researcher of the China Astronaut Center: We must ensure that there is a safe living environment in the space industry, and we have a slogan called "astronauts are in my heart, astronaut safety is in my hands", so our work cannot tolerate a little sloppiness.
Shi Qingyu, dispatcher of the flight control test team of the China Astronaut Center: In the more than three months that we have spent with astronauts on the ground day and night, we have also formed an emotion that is not like a family than a relative. Feel that their dedication and dedication, so that their lives in orbit, work on track can be carried out more smoothly, everything we do is worth it.