Cai Xuzhe dreamed of flying high when he was young. He was a new face on the Shenzhou-14 team. He spent 12 years as an astronaut(宇航员) getting ready for his first trip to space.
"I am happy and proud but feel more about my duty(责任),"Cai told reporters.Cai and other two team members, Chen Dong and Liu Yang, left the earth on board the Shenzhou-14 spaceship in June of 2022, for a six-month stay in space. They finished the work of building the Tiangong space station.
Cai was born in 1976 in the countryside of Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. He showed interest in planes as a child. When he heard a plane flying past, he ran out and looked at it till it flew away.
Cai went to an Air Force flight college (空军飞行学院). After finishing college, he began to work at an airport. The airport was in poor condition. However, he studied and trained his flying skills there carefully. InMay 2010, Cai became a Chinese astronaut and underwent(接受) hard training. He did best in his training and finally became a Shenzhou-14 team member. He tried his best to make his dream come true.
