China's moon cotton experiment ends in freezing lunar night

China's moon cotton experiment ends in freezing lunar night

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https://phys.org/news/2019-01-china-moon-cotton-lunar-night.html

The mini biosphere—which operated for over 212 hours—was shut down as planned on Saturday, said Chongqing University, which designed the experiment.

The lander also carried potato and arabidopsis seeds—a plant of the mustard family—as well as fruit fly eggs and yeast.