A photo released by China Central Television on Tuesday shows a cotton seed aboard China's Chang'e 4 lunar probe has sprouted, marking mankind's first biological experiment carried out on the moon.
The cotton cultivation is part of scientific experiments conducted on the lunar probe, which made an unprecedented soft landing on the far side of the moon on Jan 3.
According to a report a "mini-ecosphere" in a cylindrical container developed by Chongqing University is aboard Chang'e 4.
The mini-ecosphere has six biological samples — cotton, oilseed rape, potato, Thale Cress flower, yeast and fruit fly — as well as soil, water and air.
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