https://www.cnet.com/news/chinas-moon-lander-sprouted-a-plant-but-now-its-dead/ > Xinhua announced the sprout Tuesday and posted a series of progress images covering the course of nine days and showing a seedling reaching up inside the habitat. The experiment didn't last long. The same day, China's state-run Xinhua News declared that it's already ended. > Chang'e 4 touched down in early January.