Russian hero astronaut shares space journey with Chinese college students

Xinhuanet, Beijing, March 24 (Reporter Zhou Wen) Gennady, a famous Russian astronaut who has worked on the International Space Station·Padalka came to the w88 casino on the afternoon of the 24th and had on-site exchanges with hundreds of college students, telling them about his experience and life in space.

In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Gagarin, the world’s first astronaut, and the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Good-Neighborly Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, Padalka visited China from March 23 to 30 at the invitation of China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for Defense and the Russian Embassy in China.

Russian Ambassador to China Razov said in his speech at the event that Soviet cosmonaut Yuri on April 12, 1961·Gagarin successfully flew around the world in a spacecraft for the first time. Today, precisely because of Gagarin's space trip 50 years ago, more and more countries have joined the ranks of exploring the universe, and the development of the universe has become more and more international. China is also actively and smoothly developing its own space plan.

He said that Russia and China have been steadily developing mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of aerospace technology. This year, the two countries will jointly hold a series of important commemorative activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation and the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination. Cooperation between the two countries in various fields will be strongly promoted.

In a meeting that lasted more than an hour, Padalka vividly recreated his life on the International Space Station and answered questions that the students were interested in through video and precious photo demonstrations.

Li Zhaonan, a first-year student at the w88 casino, said that this meeting was the first time he had been so close to an astronaut,“I hope to see Chinese and Russian astronauts working side by side on the orbiting space station in the near future.”

The 53-year-old Padalka joined the astronaut corps in January 1989. During his career, he served as the first crew commander on three space flights and served as“Peace”12195_12245

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