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4,000 cotton rose seeds return from space sprout(1/8)

2023-03-22 16:58:02 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

A researcher observes the sprouting cotton rose seeds that returned from space with China's Shenzhou-14 and 15 manned spaceships at Chengdu Botanical Garden, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

A total of 4,000 cotton rose seeds have started germinating in Chengdu, and are expected to bloom as early as 2024.

Photo shows the sprouting cotton rose seeds that returned from space with China's Shenzhou-14 and 15 manned spaceships at Chengdu Botanical Garden, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

A researcher observes the sprouting cotton rose seeds that returned from space with China's Shenzhou-14 and 15 manned spaceships at Chengdu Botanical Garden, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

The sprouting cotton rose seeds that returned from space with China's Shenzhou-14 and 15 manned spaceships are monitored by a 24-hour surveillance at Chengdu Botanical Garden, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

A researcher makes records of the germination of cotton rose seeds that returned from space with China's Shenzhou-14 and 15 manned spaceships at Chengdu Botanical Garden, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 22, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)