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European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is back on Earth after spending five and a half months in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS). The Italian_______ much attention in China after she _______ some classic Chinese poems on social media with a view of the Chinese capital from space.

That view _______ Cristoforetti to dive into the Chinese classics as the ISS flew over parts of China. She quoted 4th-century poet Wang Xizhi’s Preface to Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion:

“Looking up, I see the immensity of the cosmos; bowing my head, I look at the multitude of the world. The gaze flies, the heart expands, the joy of the senses can reach its peak, and indeed, this is true happiness.” The text was _______ by photos of China taken from the space station.

Her _______spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida. After a medical check, she was flown to a military base in Germany, where CGTN Europe asked why she _______ that particular poem and if she was aware of the _______ it had gained.

“I have a good friend, an Italian who has lived in China for 30 years—a sinologist, very _______about Chinese literature.” she smiled, “he suggested that to me, and it sounded like a good _______ . So unfortunately, I cannot take credit for choosing it—but for choosing a smart friend.”

It is hoped that ESA astronauts will __________ their Chinese counterparts for joint__________at some point in the future. With Cristoforetti having laid some groundwork for that, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher was full of __________for her—and positive about the __________ spirit of space exploration.

“She speaks very well in Chinese, and this post has shown that she can do this very well,” he told CGTN. “Space is __________ . There is no way to put a __________ in space—the space station, the satellites, they fly around the Earth, they __________ boundaries, cultures, religions and different divides. I think this is something that we should __________: Space is above everything. __________ there may be many __________between nations on Earth, in space, cooperation is __________.”