Three major experiments on Tiangong II
Plant species in space, directed by Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology at theShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
In the movie The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney survives on the Mars by planting potatoes. In reality, growing plants in space is much harder than in the movie. On Tiangong II,scientists have built a mini "greenhouse", with controlled temperature and light. Riceand mouse-ear cress will be grown."China will conduct its first seed-to-seed experiment in space through Tiangong II," ZhengHuiqiong, sciences professor at the Shanghai institutes, said in an interview with ChinaCentral Television.
From he China Daily
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