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Chinese scientists complete rice, Arabidopsis life-cycle experiments in space

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Chinese scientists have completed the life-cycle growth experiments of rice and Arabidopsis in the Chinese space station and successfully obtained their seeds, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.

XinhuaUpdated:  December 7, 2022

A researcher (L) of the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) hands over space scientific experimental samples to a researcher of CAS's Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 5, 2022. Chinese scientists have completed the life-cycle growth experiments of rice and Arabidopsis in the Chinese space station and successfully obtained their seeds, said the CAS on Monday. With the safe landing of the Shenzhou-14 spaceship's return capsule at the Dongfeng landing site Sunday night, the seeds of rice and Arabidopsis, which have undergone a 120-day life cycle, were delivered to China's manned space program's space application system along with other samples. (Xinhua)

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