"Space butterfly" breaks out of its chrysalis and our country's space biological experiments achieve new progress.

The incubation of Earth life in outer space has always been at the forefront of scientists' research. Not long ago, Chongqing University successfully completed an in-orbit test mission with the "Di'er Five" spacecraft carried by the Kuaizhou-11 remote-sensing eight launch vehicle, achieving the full autonomous emergence of the "space butterfly" in the payload. This experiment verified the adaptability of Earth life in extreme space environments. Photos sent back from space show that after breaking free from the cocoon shell, the newly emerged butterfly freely shuttles in the enclosed cabin, sometimes stopping on leaves, and sometimes fluttering its wings to fly, covering most areas of the cabin, demonstrating good adaptability to the microgravity environment in space.