China's Cosmic Echo: first spaceflight-themed music festival soars with 40,000 fans

The event was intended to popularize China's "spaceflight culture" and attract more attention to the country's space programs. Its main target audience was youngsters loving pop music, organizers said.

At least 40,000 music fans came to the event, which featured spaceflight-themed songs, the display of real parts of a used carrier rocket and other spaceflight-related equipment, as well as space era-themed pop arts.