A screenshot captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows (from left) Shenzhou XIII mission crew Ye Guangfu, Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping greet people across China after entering the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station on Oct 16, 2021. (XU BU / FOR CHINA DAILY)
BEIJING – A special lecture given by the three Shenzhou XIII crew members aboard China's space station will begin at 3:40 pm (Beijing Time) on Thursday, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Monday.
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The astronauts will introduce and display their living and working spaces in the Chinese space station
The three astronauts — namely Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu — will interact with students on Earth. The primary ground classroom will be at the China Science and Technology Museum. Classrooms will also be set up in Nanning of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Wenchuan county of Sichuan province, Hong Kong and Macao, said the CMSA.
The astronauts will introduce and display their living and working spaces in the Chinese space station. They will also demonstrate projects like cytological experiments, the motion of objects and the surface tension of liquids in the microgravity environment. They will have real-time interaction with the ground classrooms to spread the knowledge of crewed spaceflight and inspire young people.
The three Chinese astronauts went into space onboard the Shenzhou XIII spaceship and entered the country's space station on Oct 16, embarking on the country's longest-ever crewed mission for space station construction.
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In June 2013, Wang, assisted by the other two crew members aboard the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, delivered the country's first space lecture to over 60 million schoolchildren across China via live video streaming.