A high-tech vegetable factory at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China is producing fresh food to ensure the healthy diet and well-being of China's astronauts during their space missions.
The China Manned Space Agency announced on Tuesday that the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 04:27 Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, with three Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze on board.
To ensure the astronauts to taste fresh vegetables during their six-month stay in space, researchers and scientists established a vegetable factory in 2021 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the iconic hub of China's space exploration.
Despite no soil or sunlight, vegetables are thriving inside the factory thanks to a sophisticated hybridity of technologies.
The Shenzhou-19 crew is scheduled to stay in space for six months, and a healthy diet during this time is essential. Luckily, fresh vegetables aren't as out of reach in space as we think, as Chen Yilin shows us.
Nestled in the Gobi Desert, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a bustling hub of space exploration.
CHEN YILIN Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, "So how can taikonauts satisfy their appetites and get their hands on fresh vegetables?! Well, the answer is right behind me – in this vertical farm known as the vegetable factory."
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