* Astronomy

Three Chinese taikonauts were awarded 800,000 yuan (US$117,000) each on Wednesday by the Tsang Hin Chi Manned Space Foundation in Hong Kong.
The foundation issued the Special Contribution Awards to taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng.
In 2003, Tsang, a business leader in Hong Kong, donated 100 million HK dollars (US$13 million) to set up the foundation to honour people who made outstanding contributions to China's manned space program.

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