From VOA News:
China is planning to launch its first satellite specifically designed to develop space-enhanced fruits, vegetables and other crops. Beijing is trying to find new ways to boost the country’s food production.
The seed satellite is to be launched later this month. It will carry at least 2,000 varieties of seeds, including grains, fruits and forage plants.
The satellite will stay in space for two weeks, where the seeds will be exposed to cosmic radiation and weightlessness. [Full Text]
See also: China enters space race by Boonsri Dickinson from The Cosmos magazine.
