{"id":421252,"date":"2025-09-13T14:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:01:18","slug":"3-body-stardom-how-chinas-space-station-became-a-film-set-and-inspired-author-liu-cixin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421252\/","title":{"rendered":"3 body stardom: how China\u2019s space station became a film set and inspired author Liu Cixin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A new Chinese documentary is giving the public an ultra high definition look at life in space \u2013 and capturing the imagination of fans, including award-winning science fiction writer Liu Cixin.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Shenzhou 13 is the first production to be shot in space on a format known as 8K and was filmed by the crew on China\u2019s space station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/clean_0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">02:20<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Shenzhou 13 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China\u2019s longest space mission yet <\/p>\n<p>Shenzhou 13 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China\u2019s longest space mission yet <\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It was released nationwide on September 5, with Liu, the Hugo Award-winning author of the science fiction trilogy The Three-body Problem, among those at the premiere.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWhat excites me even more is the prospect of China\u2019s lunar landing in 2030, which may showcase even more awe-inspiring achievements that once belonged only to science fiction,\u201d Chinese magazine Science Fiction World quoted Liu as saying.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cFor science fiction fans, it is only natural to want to see those visions brought to life.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI truly believe we still have a real chance to journey into space ourselves. As technology matures and becomes commercialised, space travel may soon expand rapidly, opening up to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The documentary follows Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu during their six-month mission aboard the Tiangong space station from October 2021, and is narrated by Wang, the first woman Chinese astronaut to walk in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Chinese documentary is giving the public an ultra high definition look at life in space \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[144081,3801,18599,1395,16536,8226,875,144080,1497,874,332,70,144082,144079,413,49923,16,15,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-421252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-apollo-missions","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-cctv","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-chinese","13":"tag-documentary","14":"tag-earth","15":"tag-liu-cixin","16":"tag-moon","17":"tag-nasa","18":"tag-russia","19":"tag-science","20":"tag-science-fiction-world","21":"tag-shenzhou-13","22":"tag-space","23":"tag-tiangong-space-station","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom","26":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115197358725328063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}