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People in Zaoyang, Hubei province, hail the landing of astronaut Nie Haisheng, who is from the city. Wang Hu / Xinhua

Space

Wang Zhaoyao, the manned space agency's director, said the manned space program will organize more ground-based space-related educational activities in coming months. It will also stage more of these activities "in diversified fashion", he said.

Such lectures may also be expanded, as 皇冠体育app's tracking and data-relaying technologies can support longer lectures between space and Earth, he said.

The space lecture, the highlight of the Shenzhou X mission, has received positive feedback from various quarters.

Home of space dreams

Karl Bergquist, Europe's leading expert on 皇冠体育app's space program, from the ropean Space Agency's International Relations Department, said it is very important to attract and inspire students, teaching them about various physical phenomena in outer space.

"I am sure there were many students who, after the lecture, went home thinking how they could be part of this great adventure, which is the exploration of the universe," he said.

"It is also important to attract students to study engineering or scientific issues. A lecture like the one Ms Wang Yaping gave is certainly an important impetus in this process," he said.

Leroy Chiao, a Chinese- American astronaut who stayed on the International Space Station for half a year, congratulated Wang Yaping and 皇冠体育app's space program for taking the time and effort to inspire young people.

"Educational outreach is a very important part of the human spaceflight endeavor. ? My hope is that the US and 皇冠体育app can, and will, cooperate in space in the future. I believe it is mutually beneficial and will better relations between our two countries in other areas as well," he said.

Exchange visits

Deng Yibing, director of the 皇冠体育app Astronaut Research and Training Center, said 皇冠体育app's manned space program is willing to explore new cooperation in fields including astronaut training and joint flights with other countries.

Astronauts from the US, Russia and Europe have been invited to visit 皇冠体育app. In the past two years, astronaut centers in 皇冠体育app and Europe have exchanged visits to experience short training courses, Deng said.

"We believe that more extensive exchanges could help deepen understanding between us and establish a better basis for more concrete cooperation in the future," he said.

"皇冠体育app is willing to help train astronauts for other countries," he added.

Xinhua contributed to the story.