China lunar lander grows cotton plant on the moon

The video discusses the Lunar Microecosystem (LME) experiment conducted on the moon. The LME, a self-contained biosphere, was designed to study plant growth and animal life in lunar conditions. It included cotton, potato, and Arabidopsis seeds, along with fruit fly eggs and yeast. The experiment faced challenges due to temperature fluctuations, leading to its termination. The cotton leaves died within one lunar day, and plans to include a tortoise were scrapped due to oxygen limitations.

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