NOT all rocket engineers get to strap in and blast off into space, but Wang Haoze made this thrilling leap on Wednesday.
Wang, who used to design system parameters for rocket engines, is carrying out the Shenzhou-19 spaceflight mission along with two other crew members, serving as the country’s first female space engineer in the process.
The Shenzhou-19 spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, was launched at 4:27 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
Born in 1990 in Luanping County, north China’s Hebei Province, Wang enrolled at Southeast University to major in thermal energy and power engineering, following her completion of the college entrance examination.
After graduating with a master’s degree, Wang joined the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and started her career by engaging in rocket engine research. She later signed up for the selection process to determine the country’s third batch of astronauts — and was finally selected as the only woman in this batch.
After securing selection, Wang and her peers pushed the limits of both body and mind in the course of their training.
During extravehicular activity drills, astronaut Wang faced challenges in a 100-kilogramme spacesuit, pressurized at 0.4 atm. Movement was difficult due to restricted head mobility and limited visibility, forcing her to use a wrist mirror.
— Xinhua
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