John Lee, chief government of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR), and students pose for photographs during a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
HONG KONG, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — The “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session was held concurrently in Hong Kong and Macao on Wednesday morning, because the three Chinese language astronauts of the Shenzhou-23 crew presently finishing up a manned area mission on the Tiangong area station delivered a stay area lecture for students.
Shenzhou-23 mission commander Zhu Yangzhu, astronaut Zhang Zhiyuan and Hong Kong’s first payload specialist Li Jiaying, or Lai Ka-ying in Cantonese, delivered an enticing and vivid science lesson to the younger individuals of Hong Kong and Macao.
The occasion was collectively organized by the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR) authorities, the Macao Particular Administrative Area (SAR) authorities and the China Manned Area Company, with the principle classroom arrange at Lai’s alma mater, Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial Faculty in Hong Kong.
A complete of 160 Hong Kong students and 50 Macao students attended the principle venue in individual, joined by college principals, lecturers, youth representatives, and tech professionals from each cities.
The HKSAR authorities and the Macao SAR authorities additionally organized for lecturers and students of major and secondary faculties to look at the stay broadcast concurrently on campus.
In the course of the session, the three astronauts demonstrated scientific experiments within the distinctive area atmosphere in actual time and shared glimpses of each day life aboard the area station. They carried out a sequence of science demonstrations, together with baking a cake within the area kitchen, wringing out a moist towel, and tending the area vegetable backyard.
Lai additionally showcased the working procedures for MUSICO, a light-weight, high-resolution, high-precision carbon dioxide and methane point-source detector developed beneath the management of the Hong Kong College of Science and Expertise.
All through the lecture, the astronauts answered questions from students on area science and astronaut life in orbit.
John Lee, HKSAR’s chief government, requested Lai whether or not she had acquired the letters despatched by the students. In response, Lai stated she had learn by means of each letter from house, pledging to honor their belief and spare no effort to finish her in-orbit mission. She added that her spaceflight mirrored the nation’s robust help for Hong Kong.
Kong Chi Meng, director of the Schooling and Youth Improvement Bureau of the Macao SAR authorities, stated that the lecture was not solely a vivid lesson in science and expertise training, but in addition a profound lesson in patriotism, with the three astronauts serving as exemplary position fashions for students. ■
John Lee, chief government of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR), and students attend a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
Students attend a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
Students attend a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
Students attend a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
Students attend a stay area lecture of the “Tiangong Class” Hong Kong and Macao Designated Session in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 9, 2026. (Picture by Lui Sui Wai/Xinhua)
