https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xy58x/plants-are-growing-on-the-moon-for-the-first-time > Plants are growing on the Moon for the first time in human history. > Cotton seeds germinated in a small biosphere carried to the far side of the Moon by China’s lunar lander Chang’e-4, announced mission leads on Tuesday. The Chang’e-4 team released images of the sprouts, which began growing soon after the probe’s landing on January 3.