Yang Liwei (left in front) and other guests look at the lunar samples at an exhibition on achievements of China's manned space program throughout the past three decades at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

An exhibition on the achievements of China's manned space program throughout the past three decades opened on Friday at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The items on display include a full-size model of the Tianhe core module of China's space station, models of carrier rockets, the return capsule of the Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft and spacesuits.

Guests including astronauts Nie Haisheng (first from right), Zhai Zhigang (center in front) and Chen Dong (third from right) look at the return capsule of a manned spacecraft on display at the exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Visitors look at a spacesuit on display at the exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

People visit a full-size model of the Tianhe core module of China's space station at the exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

People visit a full-size model of the Tianhe core module of China's space station at the exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

People visit the exhibition on the achievements of China's manned space program at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Feb 24, 2023. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn)