At around 3:40 pm on December 9,2021, astronauts(宇航员) of the Shenzhou XIII spaceship(宇宙飞船), Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, appeared on screens. Welcome to Tiangong class!", lots of students heard their voices from the Chinese space station. The first lesson of "Tiangong class" started.
The ground (地面)main classroom is in the China Science and Technology Museum, and there are other ground classrooms in Nanning, Wenchuan, Hong Kong and Macao. The lesson was made through video calls. The three "teachers" left no stone unturned(想尽办法) for this lesson. They made many preparations, and it was very successful.
Wang Yaping showed students things that astronauts need for their everyday life in space. The three astronauts also carried out some interesting experiments (实验). "Water ball" drew students' attention (注意),and they felt it was unbelievable. At the end of the lesson, they answered the questions of the young viewers (观看者).
Lots of school students across China watched the 60-minute lesson on television or the Internet.
Many students said they couldn't wait to have their next space lesson. Chinese astronauts will give more lessons in the future. It will, surely push young people to dream about space and study science.