Have you ever seen fish farming in space?
Check out these zebrafish! They were brought into orbit by the Shenzhou-18 spaceflight crew and are currently in stable condition after being transferred to a lab module aboard the China Space Station on April 26. Check out the video to learn more! (CGTN)
A unique task for the taikonauts of Shenzhou-18 is to create an "aquarium" and raise fish in zero gravity. They will create a simplified version of an aquatic ecosystem using zebrafish and algae to study how the space environment affects their growth and system balance.
The Shenzhou-18 crew is taking a self-sufficient eco-system with it to the China Space Station. The scientist behind the space station's first fish-tank ecosystem experiment tells CGTN what it's about.
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