China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe will carry a biosphere

The probe, to be landed on the far side of the moon later this year, will carry a tin containing seeds of potato and Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, and probably also some silkworm eggs, to conduct the first biological experiment on the Moon. The lunar mini biosphere” experiment was designed by 28 Chinese universities, led by southwest China’s Chongqing University.

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