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CUHK research project taken to space by Tianzhou-6 First Hong Kong agricultural project to be launched into space
Professor Lam Hon-Ming, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and his team, in collaboration with the China Resources Research Institute of Science and Technology and Shenzhou Space Biotechnology Group, have sent samples of rhizobia (soybean nitrogen fixing bacteria) into space on the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft that launched on 10 May and has now arrived at the Chinese space station Tiangong. It is the first Hong Kong agricultural research project to be launched to the space. It is a great honour to CUHK’s research projects have the opportunity to participate in the national space programme, opening a new chapter for the integration of aerospace and agricultural technology.
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Rhizobia are taken to space by the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft on 10 May.
Rhizobia are taken to space by the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft on 10 May.
CUHK Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan (Right) and Professor Lam Hon-Ming (Middle) celebrate the moment of rhizobia being taken to space by the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft on 10 May.
CUHK Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rocky S. Tuan (3rd from the left) and Professor Lam Hon-Ming (2nd from the right) visit the Hainan Space Breeding Center.
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