This photo taken on June 17, 2021 at Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center shows Chinese astronauts saluting upon entering the country's space station core module Tianhe. - Xinhua
BEIJING (Global Times/ANN): Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, conducted a first ground-space call with the taikonauts stationed in China’s Tianhe space station core module on Wednesday (June 23) morning.
Such epic undertaking took place six days after the Shenzhou-12 crew entered their new home in space on June 17.
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