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Chinese astronauts are successfully growing lettuce and tomatoes on the Tiangun space station

Chinese "Shenzhou" astronauts grew vegetables in the "Tiangun" space station.
Mission Commander Jin Haipen and astronauts Zhu Yangzhou and Gui Haichao have been aboard the Tiangu space station since late May and returned to Earth on October 31, handing over the station to the new mission crew.
Jin and other astronauts used special equipment to grow vegetables. The first was lettuce, the others were cherry tomatoes and onions.
"The device for growing vegetables is an important part of environmental control, and it is used to test relevant technologies in space. We will focus on fast and large-scale cultivation in the future," said Yang Renze, a researcher at the Chinese Astronaut Training Center.
China intends to send two astronauts to the moon by 2030. It is also planned to build a lunar base called the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) in the next decade. A crew will be sent to Mars later, but the Red Planet is listed as a destination for Chinese spaceflights.

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