The three Chinese astronauts on board the Tiangong space station encouraged youth on Monday to be more creative, inquisitive, and driven to learn and pursue their dreams of exploring the universe.

Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo made the call in a video message for the opening of a new exhibition on the Chinese space station at the China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing. They were sent into space aboard the Shenzhou XII spacecraft on June 17 for their three-month mission.