China has sent more than 100 types of seeds to its Tiangong space station

three white modules of china's space station fly above Earth.

More than 100 kinds of plant material for space breeding were sent to the Tiangong space station aboard the Shenzhou 16 mission, Chinese space officials have revealed.

The 136 seeds and other plant genetic materials delivered to Tiangong in late May come from 53 institutions, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).