launched fromChina

Shijian 8

Name: Shijian 8
Start: 2006-09-09T07:00:00Z
Location: Jiuquan

Success

SEP 09200607:00:00 UTC

Investigated exposure of seeds to microgravity and radiation, spacecraft recovered after reentry

LIFTOFF

SEP 09 2006

07:00:00 UTC

Success

launched from LA-4/SLS-2 Jiuquan

aboard Long March 2C into LEO

Payload

Biological