Dr. Lai Ka-Ying, a University of Hong Kong alumna, has become the first astronaut from Hong Kong and the fourth female astronaut from China to travel to space. She will operate a greenhouse gas observatory.

Becoming an astronaut and exploring space has been the dream of generations of young people and Hong Kong has welcomed this pioneering moment. Dr Lai Ka-Ying, who studied computer science at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has become the first astronaut from Hong Kong, and the fourth female astronaut from China, to journey into space. As a payload specialist, she will operate the observatory designed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to track greenhouse gas...