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New Science Experiments on China Space Station

Nov 04, 2025

New life science experiments will be conducted during the Shenzhou-21 mission – including having mammals as experimental animals for the first time on China's space station. The subjects are mice. There is also a study on amino acids. Here are the scientists explaining what these experiments are and how they could answer major questions. (CGTN)
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