Astronauts send Spring Festival greetings from space

Out of this world: A woman taking pictures of a screen displaying the Spring Festival greetings by the astronauts during a dinner service at a Shangri-La hotel in Beijing. — Reuters

BEIJING: The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China’s Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year’s Eve.

The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character “fu”, meaning good luck, and the other sending good luck wishes from Tiangong.