Chinese astronauts

Astronauts tell students about Shenzhou IX feat

Updated: 2012-08-13

Space technology fever heated up on Sunday as the Shenzhou IX astronauts disclosed moredetails of June's manned space docking to a group of university students. Some 500 students from different colleges in the city filled an auditorium at the ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon for a face-to-face meeting with the threeastronauts, Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang. 

The astronauts answered questions about complicated rendezvous, docking technologies andspace life. In a surprise twist, students were also tested by the astronauts.

Veteran astronaut Jing Haipeng suddenly asked: "How did we bring fruit to space?" 

A young man tried to answer but failed. Then Jing explained that all the fruit that is brought issliced into pieces and dried using a special technique. Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, also told thestudents about the three phases of China's manned space program. He said that one morespace laboratory, a manned spacecraft and cargo spacecraft will be launched. 

By 2020,China's first near-earth manned space station will be established and become operational. Responding to a question raised by a student from the Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology about when China will send astronauts to the moon and maybe even Mars, Zhouanswered that he believes it "won't take too long" to realize the Chinese people's old dream offlying to the moon. He pointed out that reaching Mars still requires a series of technologicalbreakthroughs. 

Earlier, the three astronauts started the third day of their Hong Kong trip at the Peak in themorning to overlook the city's iconic harbor view. Subsequently, they attended the openingceremony of an exhibition on China's first manned space docking mission at the Hong KongScience Museum. 

The 15day exhibition presents a number of items to give visitors a better picture of themanned rendezvous and docking mission between Tiangong-1 space station and Shenzhou IXspacecraft that was successfully completed in June. The exhibits include the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou IX, which was used by the threeastronauts to return to earth. 

At the exhibition, visitors can get a real look at how the three astronauts lived. A four-minutevideo recorded the trio eating and drinking, conducting medical experiments, as well asexercising with a riding cycle ergometer and pulley machine. A total of 100 photos will also be exhibited as well as the traditional Chinese knot made by LiuYang and her spacesuit. 

The trio arrived in Hong Kong on Friday for a four-day goodwill tour. On Saturday, they talkedabout their years of hard astronaut training experiences with 1,400 local primary andsecondary students. The astronauts also revealed their versatility at a welcome gala show heldby the Hong Kong government on Saturday afternoon.
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-08/13/content_15669108.htm 

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Chinese students want to be astronauts!

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Chat with astronauts

SIX SCHOOLS CHOSEN NATIONWIDE

Wickliffe students will chat with NASA astronauts

By Pamela Willis

ThisWeek Community NewsSaturday August 11, 2012 1:11 PM

If space is "the final frontier," then Wickliffe Progressive School students are space explorers this month as they prepare to chat live with astronauts on the International Space Station.

Wickliffe was selected by NASA as one of six schools in the nation to participate in a live downlink to the International Space Station on Aug. 28.

Outgoing Parent Teacher Organization president Margaret Kennedy said the school applied for the downlink nearly a year ago through NASA's Teaching From Space program.

"We heard that we had been selected in late May, so we wanted to plan a couple of school events that would help students prepare for the downlink," she said.

One of those events was a trip to Perkins Observatory in Delaware County on Saturday, Aug. 4.

Kennedy said about 60 students and their parents went to the observatory at a late hour for most school events -- 9 p.m.

"The weather was not cooperative in terms of looking at planets and stars, because storms were rolling in," she said. "But Tom Burns from the observatory directed the program and the children got to see the telescope and what they would normally see in a nighttime sky through a computer program."

She said the school will try another stargazing night at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at Wickliffe, for an outdoor movie night that begins with the launch of water rockets.

"Our teachers wanted us to prepare some type of continuing education experience over the summer so that all grades of students would have a chance to learn more about space before the downlink," Kennedy said.

Kennedy said the movie, Fly Me to the Moon, will be shown on an outdoor screen as soon as it gets dark enough that night, then parents and students will stick around for a chance to see the International Space Station fly over at 10:20 p.m.

She said the live chat on Aug. 28 will not be open to parents and community members, because of the school's space limitations, just staff and students -- and possibly a few dignitaries-- school officials are hoping will show up, including President Barack Obama.

"We invited him, along with former astronaut John Glenn and some local dignitaries, but we don't have any confirmation yet on who will actually be there," Kennedy said.

The live chat with astronauts will happen sometime during the morning of Aug. 28; an exact time has not been announced yet.

"The kids were asked to submit questions for the astronauts at the end of last school year. I think we were allowed 20 questions," Kennedy said.

She said the school's float for the July 4 parade in Upper Arlington was space-themed, depicting a model of the International Space Station.

Kennedy said parents are probably more excited than the students are, even though most parents won't be allowed to attend the live chat.

"One thing that parents have been talking about is whether our kids know how special an honor this is," she said. "We are amazed by this whole process. We wonder how many schools applied and how we got to be one of the six chosen.

"We wonder if the kids will just think of that day as another day at school," she said. "But we think that someday, they will be amazed at the experience and think it was really cool."

¿Te gustaria ser un reportero del espacio?  
Would you like to be a space reporter? * Aimeriez-vous être un journaliste l'espace? * Хотели бы вы стать репортером пространство? * Gostaria de ser um repórter espaço? * Möchten Sie ein Raum-Reporter sein? * ¿Te gustaria ser un reportero del espacio?  
Create your own classroom newspaper to start interviewing your favorite astronauts! (Pregunta a tu profesor cómo) 
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Do you want to be an astronaut?

If you want to be an astronaut, you must...

NASA Challenges Students to Train Like Astronauts

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Everybody knows that if you want to be an astronaut, you need to have top-notch math and science skills. But astronauts also need the strength and muscle coordination to navigate a zero-gravity environment, so even the best students can't cut it at NASA unless their bodies are in top shape, too. To help the next generation of students become physically and mentally prepared to be astronauts, NASA is taking a page out of First Lady Michelle Obama's fitness playbook and launching the Train Like an Astronaut project.

The program, which is developed by the same NASA scientists and fitness professionals that work with current astronauts, provides "structured, hands-on science activities" and connects "physical Earth-based needs to the requirements of exploring space." Each mission—"Do a Spacewalk," for example—contains a student-friendly "mission briefing, mission assignment, and mission purpose, plus vocabulary and related NASA facts," as well as information about proper nutrition. The missions and corresponding teachers' guides are downloadable in both English and Spanish, and are aligned with health and physical fitness education standards.

Charles Lloyd, NASA's human research program education and outreach manager, says one of NASA's goals is "to inspire our youth to stay in school and master professions in the sciences and engineering fields" so they can carry on the important work of space exploration. Let's hope Train Like an Astronaut catches on in schools so we can ensure there's a next generation of fit explorers.  

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