China Focus: Chinese space experiment sees butterfly emerge in orbit

CHONGQING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at China's Chongqing University announced on Monday that a butterfly has successfully emerged from its pupa while orbiting Earth, yielding valuable data on biological survival in the harsh microgravity environment of space.

The butterfly chrysalis was sealed inside a small experimental space ecosystem payload developed by the university's research team and carried into s