China Cultivates 20-Plus Plant Varieties Aboard Space Station
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China Cultivates 20-Plus Plant Varieties aboard Space Station
China has successfully cultivated more than 20 varieties from 14 plant species in space, providing a foundation for the future expansion of plant production aboard its Tiangong space station, Chinese state media reported on Monday. The results were presented by the research and training centre of China’s manned space programme at a conference on space medicine and space engineering in Tianjin. Zhang Hongzhang, an astronaut aboard the Shenzhou-21…
China has so far cultivated in orbit more than 20 varieties belonging to 14 plant species, a goal that lays the foundations for large-scale agricultural production on board the space station, as reported by the Chinese Astronaut Centre
Tianjin. China has so far grown more than 20 types of plants from 14 species in its space station 'Tiangong'. Chinese officials have said that this achievement has laid the foundation for large-scale crop production in the space station in the future. According to the China Astronaut Center, various crops including lettuce, carrots, sunflowers, potatoes and wheat are being grown in the space station […] The post China is intensifying the use of …
The Chinese Astronaut Center announced that more than 20 plant varieties from 14 different species have been successfully grown on the Tiangong space station, and that the second generation of planting has begun using wheat seeds harvested in orbit, with the ultimate goal being to establish a vegetable garden on the Moon.
China has created more than 20 varieties of 14 species of plants in the orbit, creating the basis for a wide range of agricultural crops in the ecosystem. At this time, the China Astronaut Preparation Center disseminated information. Kahi, root, sunflower, cardamom and wheat are grown in the sky of the cosmic station "Tiangong". In 2025, it is planned to grow more productive plants in the station with aeroponic method - the method of growing pla…
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