Eight 2019 YF Life Jr. Astronauts Get Ready for a 9-day Space Exploration Journey. It is Possible!
July 10, 2019
The “YF Life Jr. Space Camp Program”, exclusively organized and sponsored by YF Life Insurance International Ltd. (“YF Life”), has selected eight outstanding finalists from some 2,000 candidates as the 21st YF Life Jr. Astronauts after the final interviews by the panel of judges. The judges included Ms. Candy Chea Shuk Mui, Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awardee and Media Veteran; Ir. Dr. Raymond Ho Chung-tai, SBS, MBE, SBStJ, JP, Hong Kong Deputy to the 10th and 11th National People’s Congress of the PRC; Mr. Robert Leung Wai Ming, Curator of the Hong Kong Space Museum; and Dr. Shum Chi Wang, Chairman, Agency for Volunteer Service. The eight Jr. Astronauts—Timothy Chan, Altan Chan, Aelita Chan, Anson Cheng, Chase Chung, Justin Ho, Natalie Liu and Alex Ngan—are now ready to blast off with their parents on July 24 on a nine-day Space Exploration Journey to the US Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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“YF Life Jr. Space Camp Program” — 9-Day Space Exploration Journey |
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Jul 24 |
The eight Jr. Astronauts, each with one parent, set off for the space-exploration journey in the US. |
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Jul 25 |
Preparation for the upcoming space-exploration journey. |
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Jul 26–27 |
Face a series of challenges at the Huntsville Space Camp in the US. The challenges include riding the “1/6th Moon Gravity Trainer” to experience the virtual reality of walking on the Moon, controlling a full-scale space orbiter in executing a “space-shuttle mission”, experiencing both weightlessness and free movement in space on the Multi-Axis Trainer, practicing a simulated moonwalk and performing missions outside the space shuttle while in orbit, participating in fascinating space-science lectures to learn how to build a simulated space station, learning aerodynamics, enjoying an IMAX 3D movie, and building a working model rocket with their parents. |
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Jul 28 |
The Jr. Astronauts attend their Space Camp graduation ceremony and receive their certificates. They then fly to Florida with their parents to start the second leg of their space-exploration journey. |
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Jul 29 |
Visit the Kennedy Space Center and get a close-up view of the launch pads that send space shuttles and their payloads up to the International Space Station, as well as getting an opportunity to meet and talk with a real-life astronaut. In the evening, YF Life holds a celebration dinner on the completion of all the challenges in the space-exploration journey. |
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Jul 30 |
The eight Jr. Astronauts and their parents may opt to spend the day visiting the world’s largest theme park in Orlando. |
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Jul 31 |
Depart Florida for Hong Kong. |
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Aug 1 |
Arrival at Hong Kong International Airport. Mission Accomplished! |
The “YF Life Jr. Space Camp Program” was founded by YF Life Insurance International Ltd. in 1999. It is the first program to provide simulated astronaut training for children from Hong Kong and Macau. Since its inception, the Program has helped 150 children make their space dreams come true. With its all-round, innovative and unique training methodology, the Program is designed to spark and nurture children’s interest in space exploration and advanced aerospace technology, as well as strengthen the parent-child bond through a series of parent-child collaboration activities. The Program slogan “It is Possible!” encourages children to take on challenges and go beyond themselves. The costs of the nine-day space-exploration journey, including the fees for the children and parents to join the overseas space camp, round-trip flight tickets, accommodation, meals, travel insurance, and so on, are fully sponsored by YF Life.
YF Life Insurance International Limited is a member of publicly listed Yunfeng Financial Group Limited (HKSE: 376), whose major shareholders include Yunfeng Financial Holdings Limited and MassMutual International LLC. Yunfeng Financial Holdings Limited is a company owned by Mr. Jack Ma (Yun) and Mr. David Yu (Feng). Leveraging our robust financial background and solid reliability, YF Life is committed to helping customers “own the future” by providing professional and technology-enhanced one-stop risk- and wealth-management consulting services, as well as MPF services.
The eight 2019 Jr. Astronauts are ready to take off on a nine-day “Space Exploration Journey”: (from bottom left) Natalie Liu, Alex Ngan, Altan Chan and Justin Ho; (from top left) Aelita Chan, Chase Chung, Timothy Chan and Anson Cheng
