Scientists watch vegetables grow in space

  • 15/12/2005

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

Chinese scientists are observing slow motion images of vegetables sprouting in space onboard China's first seed-breeding satellite launched on September 9. The seed-breeding satellite, "Shijian-8', has been sending back one high-definition digital image of sprouting Chinese cabbage every two hours since September 10, scientists with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said in Beijing.