“Tiangong-2“ Astronauts

The two Chinese astronauts on the Tiangong-2 space lab started their routine work and exercise programs on Thursday, the day after they entered the orbital module. Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong got up at 06:30 in the morning. Their first task was to plant lettuce seeds so that they can harvest a batch of lettuce before they leave the space lab in 30 days time. The astronauts are living according to Beijing time, even though they experience day and night every 90 minutes in space.