The crew members of the Shenzhou XV mission, China's 10th manned spaceflight, set out on their journey to the country's Tiangong space station on Tuesday night.
周二晚间,执行中国第十次载人航天飞行任务的“神舟十五号”机组人员,启程前往天宫空间站。
Deng Qingming, who was born in a farming family in East China's Jiangxi province, has four younger brothers and sisters.
航天员邓清明出生于中国东部江西省的一个农民家庭,有四个弟弟妹妹。
As a diligent student, Deng joined the PLA Air Force in June 1984 and started training as a pilot at a flight college in Hebei province.
作为一名勤奋的学生,邓清明于1984年6月加入中国人民解放军空军,并开始在河北省的一所飞行学院接受飞行员训练。
He became the first member of the PLA Astronaut Division in January 1998 with 13 other aviators.
1998年1月,他与其他13名飞行员一起,成为了解放军航天员大队的第一批成员。
Deng is also the last one of the country's first group of 14 astronauts to be sent into space.
邓清明也是我国首批14名航天员中最后一位进入太空的。
The story of the veteran who relentlessly pursued his space dream despite serving as a backup for years moved many, and he was hailed as a "hidden hero".
尽管做了多年的后备队员,但这位老兵坚持不懈地追求自己的太空梦想的故事,感动了很多人,为此他被誉为“隐藏的英雄”。
"Being a backup doesn't mean you don't need to work.
“作为后备人员,并不意味着你不需要工作。
I must watch closely in the control center and offer all I know about the mission and the spacecraft in case of emergency," Deng said during a previous interview.
我必须在控制中心密切监视,并提供我所知道的关于任务和飞船的一切,以防万一,”邓清明在之前的一次采访中说道。
"Only when the crew returns to Earth will my mission be complete".
“只有当机组人员返回地球时,我的任务才能算完成。”
When training for Shenzhou XI, scheduled to be launched in 2016, Deng, along with crew member Chen Dong, were confined to a spacecraft simulator no bigger than 10 square meters for 33 days.
在为计划于2016年发射的神舟十一号飞船进行训练时,邓清明和机组人员陈冬在一个不超过10平方米的航天器模拟器中进行了33天的训练。
They had no showers, ate space food exclusively and endured loud noises and piercing light as they tried to sleep.
他们没有洗澡,只吃太空食物,睡觉时还要忍受巨大的噪音和刺眼的光线。
On the day of the announcement, however, he was not selected.
但是在公布当天,他没有被选中。
"The success of the mission comes before my personal wishes," said Deng, who still firmly believed he had a chance at a mission and worked as hard as any of his teammates.
邓清明对此表示:“任务的成功比我个人的愿望更重要。”他仍坚信自己有机会完成任务,并一直和他的队友一样努力着。