Sakura tree grown in space blooms in Japan
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Apr 14, 2014 - A cherry tree grown from a pit that was in space burst into bloom in Japan six years earlier, Japanese media reported on Saturday. The "space" tree surprising Japanese botanists grows near the Buddhist temple Ganjoji in the Gifu prefecture. In 2008, seeds of one of old sakuras growing near the temple were handed over to the Japanese Aerospace Research Agency, and astronaut Koichi Wakata, c ... more

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