Our student 5D CHAN Sum Yau participated in the "Young Astronaut Training Camp 2025". She has completed a nine-day training camp in Beijing, Jiuquan, Xi'an, etc. She was presented with certificate at a sharing session held at the Hong Kong Science Museum on September 2.

The training camp is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre. It is organised by the Hong Kong Space Museum and sponsored by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. It is one of the programmes under the Chinese Culture Promotion Series, aiming to cultivate the interest in astronomy and space science among the youth generation in Hong Kong as well as enhance their understanding about the development and achievements of space technology in China.

The training camp ran from July 25 to August 2. Sum Yau visited various key astronomy and aerospace facilities, including making their first visit to the Wuqing Station of the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing, where she learned about data reception and deep space communication systems of the Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission. She also met with the commander of the Shenzhou-19, Mr Cai Xuzhe. After that, she visited Beijing Aerospace City and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where she could understand more about China's manned space research, development, and application.

At the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Sum Yau experienced the aerospace medicine project and astronaut training activities, such as the donning and doffing of spacesuits and blood redistribution training. During the rocket model workshop, she also learned about the basic structure of rockets and how to build rocket models.

This event greatly broadened the participants' horizons, allowing them to enhance their knowledge while deepening their understanding and awareness of the development and achievements of space technology in China.