01 July 2022
As part of the Sino-Swiss Space Science and Technology Cooperation Online Meeting, Jing Haipeng and Claude Nicollier held an online exchange with university students from the two countries on 30 June. Jing Haipeng, now Head of China's Astronaut Corps, was the 1st taikonaut to have flown on 3 missions: SZ-7, SZ-9 and SZ-11, while Claude Nicollier was the 1st Swiss astronaut to have flown on 4 space shuttle missions, including 2 servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope. The 2 shared their rich experience in space flight and talked about their understanding and feelings of space exploration and cooperation.
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