The first science class from China’s own space station stunned students on Earth. Crew members of China’s space station Zhai Sigong, Wang Yaping and Yeh Guangfu streamed their first science class live from the country’s space station on Thursday afternoon. This amazed many students on earth.
45 minute class
Classes began at 3.40pm local time on Thursday. The class lasted about 45 minutes. The class was attended by 1,420 primary school students from across China. The primary classroom is housed in the China Museum of Science and Technology in Beijing. The other four classrooms were located in Nanning City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, and in the Wenchuan County, Hong Kong and Macau, in the southwestern Sichuan Province, in the Special Administrative Region.
A live tour to the space station
Wang Yaping, the first woman to enter a Chinese space station, was the first to take the class. Their accommodation and workplace on the space station’s Tianhe core module provided the students with a tour experience with the help of their two male colleagues.
∙ Introduced food, bedrooms and toilet
They displayed in front of the students the space station’s bedrooms and toilets, the kitchen where travelers prepare food every day, the labs where they conduct scientific experiments, and the fitness equipment, including a treadmill and a spin bike. In the kitchen they showed the students the microwave, water dispenser and mini-refrigerator. The students watched anxiously until they pulled the apple out of it.
Drinking recycled water
In response to a Hong Kong student’s question about water, Wang said the water they drink is recycled. Wang clarified that there is no difference in taste between ordinary water and recycled water. They also said that every drop of water is fully utilized in the space station using a water recycling system.
Scientific experiments in zero gravity adjustment
The students were presented with a series of scientific experiments on zero gravity conditions at the space station. First, experiments related to cell growth in a weightless atmosphere in space were demonstrated using a video clip. They compared the growth and shape of cells in artificial gravity and zero gravity, and said they could study their changing laws and mechanisms. Students were shown images of myocardial cells observed under a fluorescence microscope.
Can’t walk in space like on Earth
He also demonstrated and explained why astronauts could not walk in space like they do on Earth, and how they rotate at zero gravity. Optics experimented with water refraction and effervescence exploration in a weightless atmosphere using a water ball.
This is the second class from space
This is the second class offered by the space station. In June 2013, Wang, with the help of two other crew members on the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, conducted the country’s first live space class for more than 60 million teachers and school children across China.
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China to become a space power
All three entered the Tianhe core module on October 16th. Their six-month space stay is continuing. This is China’s longest-running mission to date. In 2021, China will have four more launch missions. The main missions were the launch of the Tianhe Core module in April, the Tianshou-2 cargo spacecraft in May, the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft in June, and the Tianshou-3 cargo spacecraft in September.
The Chinese plant will be completed in 2022
China plans to launch six more launches in 2022 to complete the construction of Tiangong, China’s first space station, including Ventian and Mengshion lab modules, two cargo spacecraft and two human spacecraft.
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These are the plans of the late Chinese leader
The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping introduced a three-pronged strategy in the country’s space exploration program in the 1990s. The first step was to send the astronauts into space and return them safely. It was completed in 2003. Yang Liwei was the first Chinese astronaut to be sent into space. The second step was to test the key technologies needed for a permanent space station. The third phase is to build and operate a space station with regular passengers, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
English Summary: First science class from China’s space station amazes students on Earth
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