First to land on the backside of the moon.

The Chinese rover carried a biosphere with a number of plants to try to grow on the Lunar surface. Initial reports said that the experiment failed, however it is being reported that they briefly grew cotton before the plants froze. The activity was in January 2019 and a mission from Israel and India since have had limited results and failed landings since.

moon plants

On this Day: October 8th 2016

The death tolls hits 900 from Hurricane Matthew.