China's seed-breeding satellite returns to earth
Sep. 24, 2006

China's seed-breeding recoverable satellite Shijian-8 successfully landed in Sichuan Province in southwest China today after a 15-day voyage in space. The recoverable satellite was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwest China desert on September 9. The satellite's return capsule has been recovered in Suining, Sichuan Province, while the orbital module will continue to orbit the earth and carry out more experiments until its battery is exhausted. The satellite carried 215 kilograms of seeds of vegetables, fruits, grains and cotton, the largest payload of this kind since 1987, Xinhua news agency reported. Experiments aimed at discovering what happens to the germination and sprouting of plants when they are exposed to zero gravity were conducted during the mission, scientists from the Space-breeding Centre of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science.

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