Seeds Have Sprouted on the Moon for the Very First Time

[Just AnotherPerson]

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On January 12, a cotton sprout poked out of the lattice of a planter on the far side of the moon. This comes nine days after the Chinese lander, the Chang’e 4, made history with the first soft landing in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system. The lander’s rover, dubbed Jade Rabbit 2, started watering the seeds on January 3 to see whether the plant could survive in a low-gravity, high-radiation environment. So far, the results look promising.

Plants have been grown in space before, but this marks the first successful biological germination experiment on the moon’s surface, according to Xie Gengxin, dean of the Institute of Advanced Technology at Chongqing University. The 18-centimeter lunar greenhouse also contains potato and rock cress (related to cabbage and mustard) seeds, as well as fruit fly eggs, which Chinese scientists hope will hatch during the rover’s stay on the moon.

[Docthehun]

I believe the sprouts didn't survive their first night. Still!

[Don]

Open the door for 5 seconds and see what happens.

[MisterVeritis]

Just try to get those crops to market.