An experience that is out of this world

Country's first female astronaut gets students to reach for the stars at a space culture project launch, Mei Jia reports.

Space brings out the child in all of us. Gazing at the stars can unleash the most profound emotions. The sense of wonder is magnified when we look at our planet, our fragile home from space. Few have traveled beyond the planet's environs but all admit that the first glimpse of Earth from space is a deeply emotional experience.

Liu Yang, China's first woman in space, is no exception. She remembers exactly what she said when she first saw the blue orb quietly glowing in the vastness of space.