{"423611":{"#nid":"423611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Dialog between Women Astronauts of the U.S. and China","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree-time Space Shuttle astronaut Sandra Magnus and China\u0027s first woman astronaut Liu Yang shared their experiences in space with Chinese students during a five-day International Astronautical Congress in Beijing in September 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout 800 students from Chinese primary and middle schools, as well as universities attended the event, asking questions of the two women astronauts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMagnus, who earned her MS degree from the Georgia Tech School of\u0026nbsp; Materials Science and Engineering, is the Executive Director of the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA) and serves on the GT AE School Advisory Council.\u0026nbsp; She commented that (astronauts share a) \u0022special bond of seeing our planet from space and having this very unique experience - a special group to belong to.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Liu Yang flew her first space mission in June 2012 and she is the first Chinese woman astronaut.\u0026nbsp; Magnus said she expects Liu Yang will go on to have many more space flight experiences.\u0026nbsp; Magnus also praised the progress China has made in their space program in a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe woman astronaut dialog was sponsored by the AIAA and the Chinese Society of Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELink to a news video from CCTV - a national Chinese news channel similar to CNN \u003Ca title=\u0022here\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OarFSyTq_Qc\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three-time Space Shuttle astronaut Sandra Magnus and China\u0027s first woman astronaut Liu Yang shared their experiences in space with Chinese students during a five-day International Astronautical Congress in Beijing in September 2013."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-09 16:45:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:00","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"133931","name":"Liu Yang"},{"id":"167549","name":"Sandra Magnus"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}