Which vegetable was planted successfully in space for the first time?

The first potato was successfully planted in space. In fact, scientists have long discovered that the living environment of potatoes is very simple, and potatoes can also be planted in the future space. At least according to what we have found now, they can be planted on the moon now, and maybe two years later we will know that they can also be planted on Mars. Maybe we human immigrants can eat potatoes with different tastes on other planets in the future, and there will even be other crops.

In the movie "Mars Rescue", only by cultivating potatoes in the Mars laboratory can the surviving astronauts have enough food to wait for rescue. And related scientific reports also prove to us that it seems easier to cultivate potatoes in space.

As we all know, the population problem is an important problem facing mankind at present, and increasing grain output and meeting the needs of more people has become the key to solve the problem, and potatoes are favored by people because of their easy survival, high yield and high nutrition.

As early as 8,000 years ago, potatoes were successfully cultivated as crops, but it was not until the arrival of the16th century that they gradually spread to other parts of the world with people's footprints. Fortunately, potatoes have successfully achieved "globalization". At present, potato has become the fourth largest crop in the world, second only to rice, wheat and corn. If the spread of potatoes in the past depended on the special social background, the success of potatoes now may benefit from its innate advantages.

China's space biotechnology started late, and the research and development of space planting began with 1999.

However, China is the country with the fastest development of space technology in the world. In just 20 years, China's space technology is almost on a par with international space technology. Recently, three astronauts from our country went to the China Space Station in space, where they will carry out scientific research for half a year. This task includes all kinds of research on space biotechnology. I believe that in the past six months, some breakthrough scientific research results will be achieved.

Future direction of space biotechnology

"Space biotechnology" is extremely important for the future of mankind, because mankind will definitely go further into space. However, space is full of all kinds of unknowns and dangers, so the first step of scientific research with the help of space station is very important.

Once developed in the space station, these technologies can be quickly extended to outer space. Such as the moon, Mars or beyond.

The United States has now formulated a series of solar system plans, and the core of these plans is around biotechnology, so now all countries in the world are participating in this space biotechnology competition. In the future, whoever has mastered more space biotechnology will become the leader in exploring space in the future.

The primary task of space life in the future is to solve food self-sufficiency. Can the green plants on the earth grow normally in the space environment, thus providing food and oxygen sources for human beings? In this mission, two astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, conducted the whole process of planting, cultivating and harvesting plants in space for the first time.

Lettuce is brought into space because its growth cycle is exactly 30 days, which coincides with the resident time of astronauts in Tiangong, and it has strong adaptability to the environment, so it has become the first plant cultivated in space in China. The plants planted this time will not be eaten, but will be used as experimental samples to collect relevant data. Only after passing the test will the astronauts be considered to eat cultivated vegetables in the next experiment.

It is understood that as early as 2009, Russian astronauts began to grow vegetables on the space station, but space vegetables have not been eaten for fear of being polluted by cosmic microorganisms. Last August, astronauts of the International Space Station made their first attempt to grow lettuce in a greenhouse vegetable garden. The astronaut said, "It's delicious."