Chinese astronauts conducted a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth to millions of students on Thursday afternoon, they orbited in the Tiangong space station.
Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, all members of the Shenzhou XⅢmission crew, greeted students, teachers and other participants when the lecture started at 3:54 pm. They showed viewers they live and work inside the space station, which currently (consist) of a core module, a spacecraft and two robotic cargo spaceships.
The astronauts displayed their exercise equipment and a (special) designed space suit, and conducted (demonstration) on physical phenomena in microgravity, such as a “water ball”. Ye, who is on his (one) spaceflight, showed how he turned his body in the (weight) environment. The astronauts also answered questions from students during the lecture.
Tens of millions of primary and middle school students across China (watch) the hour-long televised event (host) by the China Manned Space Agency, the Ministry of Education and other government departments.
A total of 1,420 invited students in Beijing; Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region; Wenchuan, Sichuan province; and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions were present at “ground class venues”, with some taking part in video chats the crew members during the lecture.
