Xi Talks with Astronauts Aboard Tiangong-1

Chinese President Xi Jinping began talking with astronauts. He expressed his sincere greetings to the three astronauts.

The president came to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Monday morning to talk with the astronauts who are conducting scientific tests in Tiangong-1 space lab module.

The Shenzhou X spacecraft completed a manual docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module on Sunday, the last docking maneuver before China's manned space program enters the space lab stage.