Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report: 19 November 2024

Your weekly round-up of astrobotany news and adventure. This week we've got Chinese space cranberries, radiation-resistant micro-algae, brassica seeds off to space & animal cells that photosynthesise!

Hello, Gardeners of the Galaxy! Welcome to this week's Mission Report.

Researchers examine samples returned to Earth by the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft at the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, 4 Nov 2024. Image credit: Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chin…