During the Shenzhou-18 manned mission, an aquatic protection system consisting of four zebrafish and goldfish algae followed the spacecraft aboard. According to reports, the "research on key technologies of space advanced aquatic life protection system" is one of the most important experiments in this space application mission, and it is also the first time that the mainland has carried out vertebrate scientific research in space. After the integration of the flight products of the aquatic life protection system was completed, the reporter walked into the sample preparation room and the system integration room to visit the "home" of zebrafish.
Aquatic life protection system (backup) (taken on April 25). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, in the sample preparation room of the space application system science experiment at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the staff observed the status of the backup zebrafish. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, in the sample preparation room of the space application system science experiment of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the staff processed the cultured goldfish algae. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, in the sample preparation room of the space application system science experiment at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the staff observed the status of the backup zebrafish. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, in the integration room of the space application system scientific experiment device of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the staff took a group photo in front of the integrated flight products. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, Wang Gaohong, a researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was debugging the aquatic life protection system (backup copy) in the sample preparation room of the space application system science experiment of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
On April 25, in the integration room of the space application system scientific experiment device of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the staff was transporting the integrated flight products out of the integration room. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang
Aquatic life protection system (backup) (taken on April 25). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Liwang