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🌕 The Moon. By astronaut Wang Yaping in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Source:
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Banner in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) during Chinese New Year - “国泰民安”, or “May Prosperity and Peace Reign for country and people”. Astronauts would not have imagined what could happen here on earth weeks after. Credit: CMS/ACC/
@SegerYu
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Now, there are in total 10 astronauts in space at
#ISS
@Space_Station
and
#Tiangong
@TGSpaceStation
. Launched by Russian Soyuz MS-18, China’s Shenzhou 12 and US’s SpaceX dragon.
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🤩📸👩🚀 4K images: How many details can you catch in Tiangong Space Station (CSS)? Photos: Astronaut Wang Yaping in Tianhe Core Module, taken by Zhai Zhigang/Ye Guangfu. Source: (1/2)
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🧑🚀🤝🧑🚀Historical moment! 6 astronauts of Shenzhou-15 and Shenzhou-14 missions meet in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) today! Hats off to CNSA astronauts, scientists and engineers! Full HD:
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The 3rd Tiangong Classroom live lecture was held on Oct 11 by Shenzhou-14 astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe at Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full lecture:
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Spectacular! Tiangong Space Station (CSS) viewed from outside by EVA spacewalking Shenzhou-14 astronauts. Full HD:
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#Shenzhou13
astronauts entered
#Tiangong
Space Station (CSS)! Now they officially begin their 6 months of space exploration and experiments in Tiangong! HD:
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[2022 BREAKING] First evidence of onsite water on the Moon detected by the Chang’E-5 lander. Research paper published on Science Advances:
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📸Wow! Close-up look at Zhuque-2 Y2 launch. Nice shot of the methane CH4 flame. Credit: LandSpace,
@byspto
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13 humans in space today:
CSS (Tiangong): 🇨🇳6
ISS: 7 (🇺🇸3 + 🇯🇵1 + 🇷🇺3)
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😮Sea launch moment of world’s largest solid fuel rocket is insane like a volcano! OrienSpace’s Gravity-1 was truly beyond imagination. Full HD:
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Wow! Here we have astonishing HD “selfies” of Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter. Technically it’s taken by companion little satellite released by Tianwen in orbit and data is transmitted back to Tianwen via WiFi. Also released are new photos of Mars North Pole and Zhurong’s recent panorama.
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😮Exhaust plume observed in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. It’s believed to be a non-civilian launch activity. No official announcement about the event has been made yet. HD:
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👩🚀👨🚀🎥 First EVA Spacewalk of Shenzhou13 astronauts in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) has been finished. Wang Yaping becomes the first Chinese female astronaut to conduct spacewalk! Full highlights video:
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#WomenInSpace
As we congratulate Wang Yaping on becoming the first Chinese/Asian female astronaut to conduct EVA spacewalk, we may need to remember women participance is a right, not a charity. Women in all fields should be respected equally, without silence, fear, or assault.
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🌖Chang'e-4 Yutu-2 lunar rover discovers translucent glass globules on far side of moon! Paper:
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👩🚀📸🌏 Astronaut Wang Yaping’s photograph from
#Tiangong
Space Station (CSS) on Nov 18. Source: (1/3)
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Three astronauts have entered
#Tiangong
Space Station from
#Shenzhou12
crewed spacecraft. Here is the whole process HD: Astronauts will conduct station checks, space experiments, and spacewalks in 3 months. Stay tuned and we’ll keep you updated.
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On July 4th, astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo in
#Tiangong
space station finished their first 7-hour EVA spacewalk for robotic arm testing, panorama device lifting, emergency returning testing, etc. There will be another spacewalk by Shenzhou 12 crews. We'll do live stream.
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📸 The robotic arm of Tiangong Space Station (CSS) seen from Tianhe core module. Source:
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Earth, Moon and Solar Panel of Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Photo taken by astronaut Liu Boming. Source:
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🎉Congratulations to the successful moon shot launch of Chang’e 6 lunar probe! Looking forward to collecting humankind’s first-ever lunar soil from the far side of the moon! 🌖 Long March 5 Launch video:
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This was the whole life of a little camera on the launch pad under Long March 2F rocket carrying
#Shenzhou13
. 😭
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💆♀️ How exactly astronauts wash long hair in space. Demo by Wang Yaping in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). HD:
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🤔 What happens when you dissolve an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water in space? Here’s the answer from the first space lecture in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full lecture video:
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[BREAKING] CNSA has agreed to let
@NASA
and other space agencies to use the Queqiao lunar relay satellite for future moon exploration missions! New gesture of openness and transparency. Source:
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New video of the robotic arm climbing around
#Tiangong
space station. This is exciting and the views are great. A second EVA spacewalk is expected to be assisted by the robotic arm as well. The arm will also help future docking from the side of the station. We’ll live stream then
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Video clip of life in
#Tiangong
Space Station. This is the first week for
#Shenzhou12
astronauts in space. Here’s how they spend the first several days. A lot of arrangement work and preparations to do. Full version HD:
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When your spacecraft lands back to earth, always remember to cover the fast-response Gamma ray height detector with a heavy metal shield first, as exposure could potentially harm ground personnel. Pic: Shenzhou 15 return capsule. Source:
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😮Literally a complete guide to build an underground lunar research station, by HIT Research Center for Extraterrestrial Architecture. Full HD:
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[Official]
#Shenzhou12
astronauts: Nie Haisheng (middle), Liu Boming (right), and Tang Hongbo (left). (HD Photo from CNSA CMS). Spacecraft launch time: UTC 01:22, June 17. Launch site: Jiuquan.
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Launch Success!
#Shenzhou12
crewed spacecraft has been sent to orbit by
#CZ2F
(
#LM2F
) rocket. It will dock with
#Tiangong
space station in just 6 hours. We will keep you posted. Three astronauts will conduct spacewalks at the new space station. HD version:
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📸 Picture from the far side of the Moon. Taken by Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft in 2014. CNSA,
@latestinspace
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👩🚀 Astronaut Wang Yaping’s photograph from
#Tiangong
Space Station (CSS) on Nov 18. Qinghai Lake is seen in the first photo. Source:
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😮CNSA/CASC published a preliminary analysis paper on the first flight failure of SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy. It mentioned that the take-off drift around the launch pad might have been actively controlled for safety of the tower. Source:
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🌍Seeing the world outside of Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full HD:
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The moment Shenzhou13 crewed spacecraft touched down. Three astronauts are getting out from the capsule now after their 6 month mission in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). LIVE coverage ongoing:
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CASC successfully ignites and operates its first 50-kilowatt nested Hall thruster, proving the ability of dual-ring ignition. A major achievement for the Space Propulsion Institute! Source:
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🎥🏃🛰Running in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) - Shenzhou12 astronaut Nie Haisheng. 1080P video:
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📸Marvelous Ultra HD video from Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Earth, space, and astronauts’ life. UHD:
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As of now, the Yutu-2 lunar rover has been working on the far side of the moon for over five years, traveling a distance of more than 1596 meters. Source:
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📸🌘Far side of the moon, taken by Yutu2. The lunar rover is still on the way to explore a cube-shaped anomaly. Source:
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Chang'e 6 is by far CNSA's heaviest deep space probe yet, standing 7.2 meters tall and weighing 8 tons. It includes an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender. Source:
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👨🚀🎥 2nd EVA Spacewalk of Shenzhou13 astronauts in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) has been finished today. Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu completed camera C lifting, self-carried object transfer verification in the 6-hour mission. Full HD mission video:
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New crewed spacecraft & lunar lander revealed! Spacecraft's designed for moon & low Earth orbit transport, featuring reusability. It can carry 3 astronauts to the moon, 7 to space stations. The lander can carry 2 to the lunar surface with a rover. Source:
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🥇Amazing New World Record 2h 07m! Extreme fast procedure of Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft docking with Tiangong Space Station (CSS): launch time UTC 02:03 - docking time UTC 04:10 Nov 12. It beats MS-17’s 3h 03m record docking with crewed ISS in 2020. HD:
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Calligraphy in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Seems that all three astronauts are good at beautiful handwriting. Gadgets hung are for the year of Tiger🐯🧧 (Feb 1). CSS will hold livestream countdown for
#ChineseNewYear
#LunarNewYear
Eve in 24 hours! HD:
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CNSA/CMS official Lin Xiqiang announced plans to invite international astronauts and space tourists to Tiangong space station (CSS). More diverse members expected soon. Source:
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First perspective tour in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) with Shenzhou 16 astronauts. Full HD:
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🚀Methalox Race is Over! LandSpace Made History! World's 1st successful orbital launch of a methane rocket, Zhuque-2 Y2, just happened at Jiuquan Launch Center (UTC 01:01 July 12)! Big congratulations to LandSpace(蓝箭航天) on the monumental achievement. Land Your Dream in Space!
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Martian surface aeolian wind erosion around 65.4E, 5.1N, taken by Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter. Source:
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Mengtian laboratory cabin module has successfully docked with Tiangong Space Station (CSS) at UTC 20:27, Oct 31. CSS construction is finally near completion. HD:
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Current configuration of Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Source:
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Tianwen-1 Mars Probe’s new video released by CNSA for
#ChineseNewYear
#LunarNewYear
. You may see the Mars topography moving backwards relative to the probe near the end of video. Video is taken by the selfie-stick camera on the probe. Full video:
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Picture released. Remember the cube-shaped anomaly?
#Yutu2
lunar rover came close and it turns out to be just a lunar rock. No alien-ish stuff. 🙁 Source:
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First-person video of Mengtian laboratory cabin module docking with Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full HD:
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China's private space company SpaceGlory(iSpace) conducted test of grid fin sub-system of its Hyperbola-2 reusable rocket.
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[🔴China’s 25th launch in 2022] At UTC 06:22 July 24, Wentian (问天/QuestHeaven) Laboratory Module was successfully launched by Long March (CZ) 5B rocket in Wenchang, Hainan. Wentian will dock with Tiangong Space Station (CSS) in the coming hours! Full HD:
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The overall construction of Tiangong Space Station (CSS) will be finished with two experiment modules launching this year. 6 astronauts (Shenzhou 14 & 15 crews) will work at the same time in the station for a certain time period by the end of this year.
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🚀🌖On Dec 17 2020, one year ago this day, Chang'e-5 returned from the moon back to earth with ~1.7kg lunar soil. Here’s our 25-min in-depth review of the project. Full: Numerous technical details of CNSA’s Lunar mission and development path are disclosed.
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[🔴China’s 19th launch in 2022] At UTC 02:44 June 5, Shenzhou14 crewed spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts was successfully launched by
#CZ2F
Y14 rocket in Jiuquan, Inner Mongolia. It’ll dock with Tiangong Space Station (CSS) in just about 7h after launch. HD:
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🌍View Universe & Earth with robotic arm at Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full HD:
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Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft has detached from Tiangong Space Station (CSS), reentering atmosphere and giving space to incoming Wentian experiment module to be launch soon on July 24.
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👨🚀👩🚀👨🚀Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe entered Wentian Laboratory Cabin Module at ~UTC 02:00 July 25, only 20 hours after the launch of Wentian, and 7 hours after its docking with Tiangong Space Station (CSS). HD:
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🛰️Amid “Chinese Spy Balloon”, keep in mind China has far more capability to conduct surveillance with satellites rather than possibly just a stratollite balloon. Even the commercial Jilin1 can provide sub-m image/video services, not to mention state-owned Yaogan & Shijian series.
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DeepBlue Aerospace’s Nebula-M test rocket completed a 1km VTVL (vertical take-off and vertical-landing) flight test on May 6, a milestone for the commercial space company. HD:
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CNSA/CASC’s first crewed lunar landing mission: two CZ10 rockets, one with spacecraft and the other with lunar lander. Image credit: SpaceLens. Source:
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On Jan 3, 2019, Chang'e(嫦娥)-4 lunar probe carrying Yutu(玉兔)-2 rover landed on the far side of the moon for the first time in human history. Source: CNSA, CLEP,
@AJ_FI
HD Full:
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👨🚀👨🚀👨🚀🌏
#Shenzhou12
three astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo have come out of the spaceship after landing and are heading back to astronaut center after their 90 days mission in
#Tiangong
space station. Welcome back to Earth! Full video:
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👨🚀👩🚀👨🚀 Here we have
#Shenzhou13
crew members! Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu will depart in just 30 hours! They’ll stay in
#Tiangong
Space Station (CSS) for 6 months. We'll livestream the launch and fast radial rendezvous & docking at
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😮Wonderful full view of Tiangong Space Station (CSS) from detaching Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft! Full HD:
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😮Wow! Such a unique angle to watch a rocket launch. Bird view of Zhuque-2 Y2 methane rocket launch shot by a drone right above the launch pad. Full HD:
[🔴China’s 27th launch in 2023] At UTC 01:00 July 12, Space company LandSpace (蓝箭航天) successfully launched Zhuque-2 Y2 methane rocket. It became world’s 1st company/country to successfully send a methalox rocket into orbit! (Credit: Spacelens云上天镜)
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Here was a unique view of Chang’e 5 and lunar surface while the robotic sampling arm was moving around. Source:
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🤣“What are you looking at?” Newly released selfie of Zhurong Mars Rover, technically taken by the WiFi camera. Source:
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😮Lighting a candle in space. Education video from Shenzhou 16 astronauts at Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Full:
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📸🌌🌏 Magnificent space and earth photos from China's
#Tiangong
Space Station by astronaut Tang Hongbo. Also disclosed - the picture of Tiangong astronauts’ bedroom layout. (1/2)
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This is how astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu prepare for the
#ChineseNewYear
#LunarNewYear
Eve in Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Three astronauts will hold a livestream countdown soon at Spring Festival Gala for UTC+8 New Year moment.
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A surprise welcome for Rong Yi, Chief Designer of Long March 2F rocket. She was invited to give a talk in Enshi No.1 Middle School where she studied. Women’s power in CNSA encourages young students, especially young girls, to dream bigger for their future.
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Routine cleaning and workout in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) by Shenzhou 14 astronauts. HD:
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[🔴New Images from Mars by Zhurong rover] Newly released photos include close inspection of Martian rocks and sand dune.
#Zhurong
Mars rover has walked towards south for more than 0.3km by July 8. It is now 130m away from the back heat shield and supersonic parachute.
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Fairing separation of the launch of Tiangong Space Station (CSS) - Tianhe Core Module by Long March 5B rocket in 2021. The fairing is 20.5m long and 5.2m wide. Source:
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🚀Go to Space. For us, for generations.
[CZ5B Y3-Wentian rollout]
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Mengtian laboratory cabin module has successfully finished transposition from axial to radial port of Tiangong Space Station (CSS). Astronauts will enter the new module today soon. Source:
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Interstellar Glory / iSpace's Hyperbola-2 prototype rocket aced its 1st test flight & LANDED successfully in Jiuquan! Diameter: 3.35m, Length: 17m, Engine: JD1 CH4/LOX. Flight height: 178.42m, Time: 50.82s, landing accuracy: 1.68m, landing speed: 0.025m/s.
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[🌘Mysterious Cube-Shaped Anomaly on far side of the Moon]
#Yutu2
lunar rover will reach the displayed object in the coming 2-3 months. What could this be? We’ll keep you informed of any finding there. Source:
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Tianzhou-6 successfully detached from the space station on January 12, 2024, and is now set for a controlled re-entry. Its departure offered a spectacular visual display. Full HD:
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Seems that astronaut Zhai Zhigang is not just an amateur in Hanzi calligraphy, but a professional. Here’s how he finished the piece of artwork in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) for in-orbit celebration of
#ChineseNewYear
#LunarNewYear
HD:
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