Chinese astronauts, youths embrace New Year via space-Earth talk

Three Chinese astronauts on board space station Tiangong held a video chat with youths in Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao Saturday afternoon, the first day of 2022.

The trio crew had the live space-Earth talk with around 500 young students at three venues in Beijing, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Macao SAR, sharing the space dream and aspirations.

The activity, co-hosted by the Hong Kong SAR government, the Macao SAR government, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong SAR, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao SAR, the China Manned Space Agency and the China Media Group, was broadcast live.

Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu went into space onboard the Shenzhou-13 spaceship and entered the space station on Oct. 16, embarking on the country's longest crewed mission for space station construction.