23 June 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke in the morning of 23 June with the 3 taikonauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo on board of the core module of the to-become Chinese Space Station - CSS. President Xi held the conversation from the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre. He warmly greeted the taikonauts on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, the CMC, and people of all ethnic groups in the country. "You are the first astronauts stationed in the core module Tianhe and will stay in space for three months," Xi said during the video call. "We all care about you very much."
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