“神舟八号”飞船11月17日返回,又一次进行了植物种子的空间搭载试验。这是自1987年开始利用返回式卫星搭载植物种子以来的第25次种子空间飞行航天育种试验,利用航天技术培育的农作物新品种总数达到110个。国家航天育种工程首席科学家、中国农科院航天育种研究中心主任刘录样说,航天育种是利用空间环境的 “Shenzhou 8 ” spacecraft returned on November 17, once again carried out the space seed test of plant seeds. This is the 25th Seed Space Flight Space Breeding Experiment since the return of satellites to plant seeds in 1987, bringing the total number of new crops grown using space technology to 110. National Space Breeding Engineering Chief Scientist, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Space Research Center for Space Breeding Liu said samples, space breeding is the use of space environment