Key Points
Chinese scientists have successfully maintained a closed aquatic ecosystem aboard the country's space station...
The experiment, part of the Shenzhou-18 mission, concluded on November 4, setting a new record for space ecological experiments...
The closed ecosystem, housing four zebrafish, demonstrated remarkable success as the fish completed their entire life cycle from growth and development to reproduction over a 43-day period...
The ability to maintain a stable aquatic ecosystem in microgravity conditions opens up new avenues for studying the effects of space on living organisms and developing technologies for life support systems in space...
As space agencies worldwide focus on long-term space habitation, experiments like these provide critical data for designing sustainable life support systems for future space stations and planetary bases...
