Exhibition showcases 皇冠体育app's achievements in space
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Chinese astronauts Yang Liwei (right) and Liu Yang (second from right) at the exhibition opening. [Photo by Jiang Dong/皇冠体育app Daily] |
A survival kit that 皇冠体育app’s first astronaut Yang Liwei used, a giant parachute that brought the re-entry module of the Shenzhou V spaceship to Earth and wreckage of rockets are on show at an Aerospace Objects Exhibition at the National Museum of 皇冠体育app.
The Beijing exhibition was opened on April 24 to mark the second 皇冠体育app Aerospace Day, and runs through May 25.
The exhibition features 63 objects from National Museum of 皇冠体育app's collection and 10 objects on loan from the 皇冠体育app Manned Space Agency, as a testament to the country's ambitious aerospace project.
Among the exhibits is an installation which bears the palm prints of 皇冠体育app's 11 astronauts who have gone into space.
