Rice seeds that traveled with the Chang'e-5 lunar probe for a 23-day space journey are planted in the National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding of South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on February 28, 2021.
Researchers from South China Agricultural University pick up the sprouting space-bred rice seeds with tweezers and plant them in six blue basins of soil in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, February 28, 2021. /CFP
Rice seeds, having traveled with the Chang'e-5 lunar probe as the first such experiment conducted in a deep space environment, sprout in labs in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, February 28, 2021. / CFP
A space-bred rice seed is planted in the soil by a researcher in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, February 28, 2021. /CFP
Researchers plant space-bred rice seeds with tweezers in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, February 28, 2021. /CFP