Beijing, 18 Sep (Xinhua) -- This reporter learned from the China Manned Space Engineering Office on 18 September that the fourth lesson of the "Tiangong Classroom" is scheduled to begin at 15:45 on September 21, and Shenzhou 16 astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao will teach space science popularization to young people across the country.
According to reports, this space teaching activity continues to be carried out in a space-earth interactive way. Three astronauts will introduce the working and living scenes of the Mengtian experimental module of the Chinese space station in orbit, demonstrate the spherical flame experiment, the wonderful "ping pong" experiment, the momentum conservation experiment and the gyro experiment, and interact with the ground classroom.
As a national space laboratory, the space station carries important functions of popular science education. Since the mission of the space station, the Shenzhou 13 and Shenzhou 14 crews have successively carried out the "Tiangong Classroom" space teaching activities for the majority of young people three times, and the social response has been enthusiastic, making important contributions to China's science education.
The Shenzhou 16 astronauts sincerely invite the majority of young people to try and carry out relevant experiments on the ground synchronously, perceive the mysteries of the universe and experience the fun of exploration from the differences between space and earth experiments. (End)