‘Keep pushing, never fear hardships,’ Hong Kong’s first astronaut tells students

8-MIN READ8-MIN3ListenPublished: 10:45am, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 8:31pm, 9 Sep 2026Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, will deliver a live lesson from space to students and teachers at her alma mater on Wednesday morning, with the 90-minute event broadcast to campuses across the city and streamed live on television.Lai and her two fellow Shenzhou-23 crew members – mission commander Colonel Zhu Yangzhu and Zhang Zhiyuan – will take part in the “Tiangong Class” at Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College.Representatives from the youth sector and innovation and technology community, as well as a visiting delegation from Macau, will also attend. The session will also be broadcast to students in Macau.WATCH: Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying gives live lecture from spaceJointly organised by the Hong Kong and Macau-governments" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="200924" data-entity-type="organization">Macau governments and the China Manned Space Agency, the event will feature an expert lecture, in-orbit demonstrations and a question and answer session designed to showcase the space environment.Astronaut alumna inspires young mindsForm Five student Chan King-lam, who studies physics, chemistry, biology and extended mathematics, said the dialogue inspired him to explore science and he hoped to one day join the country’s research ranks.