China has taken a major step toward long-term space exploration. Earlier this month, the Chinese Moon probe Chang’e 4 carried a container with cotton and potato seeds, yeast, and fruit fly eggs to the Moon’s far side (facing away from Earth), and the China National Space Administration says that those seeds have started to sprout. According to the BBC, the project was designed by 28 Chinese universities and the experiment is contained within a canister that is seven inches tall and weighs...
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