In space - Oct 20, 2016
1. Silkworm floating in zero-gravity environment after Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng took it out of its specially tailored box
2. Plastic bags with silkworms

Beijing, China - Oct 25, 2016
3. Various of silkworms specially cultivated by scientists
4. Various of specially tailored box for silkworms
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Danni, engineer, No. 529 factory of China Academy of Space Technology (ending with shot 6):
"This is the home of silkworms in space. There are a total of six. On the both sides of each box, some food are put for them. The green paste is made out of mulberry leaves."
6. Various of pasty mulberry leaves

In space - Oct 20-25, 2016 (exact time unknown)
7. Jing Haipeng showing box with silkworm, which is spinning cocoon, in space lab

Beijing, China - Oct 25, 2016
8. Various of specially tailored box for silkworms
9. Device
10. Various of silkworms specially cultivated by scientists

In space - Oct 20-25, 2016 (exact time unknown)
11. Jing showing boxes with silkworm in space lab

Beijing, China - Oct 25, 2016
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Guang, engineer, No. 529 factory of China Academy of Space Technology (starting with shot 11) (partially overlaid with shot 13):
"The astronauts got up at 01:00 to look after the silkworms at the expense of their bedding time. Without delay, they opened the 'house' of the silkworms in the space, shot them with a hand-held TV camera toward the ground, and showed them to us. At that time, our ground staff were all excited."

In space - Oct 20-25, 2016 (exact time unknown)
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13. Two astronauts showing boxes with silkworm in space lab
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In space - Oct 20-25, 2016 (exact time unknown)
14. Two astronauts showing boxes with silkworm in space lab

Some of the six silkworms, which have been brought into China's Tiangong-2 space lab for experiments, have begun to spin cocoons one week after the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft blasted off on Oct. 17.

The silkworm-raising, as one of the three experiments designed by Hong Kong middle school students, are being carried out by the two Chinese astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, in the space lab.

The six silkworms, selected from more than 4,000 ones specially cultivated by scientists, are now put into different boxes separately in the space and fed with pasty mulberry leaves, said Zhao Danni, an engineer from No. 529 factory of China Academy of Space Technology.

After they return to earth, the growth and development of these six silkworms will be compared to those of the silkworms living on the earth the whole time.

Scientific and technical personnel said the astronauts are busy taking care of these silkworms.

"The astronauts got up at 01:00 to look after the silkworms at the expense of their bedding time. Without delay, they opened the 'house' of the silkworms in the space, shot them with a hand-held TV camera toward the ground, and showed them to us. At that time, our ground staff were all excited," said Li Guang, another engineer from No. 529 factory.

Li also said people are eagerly looking forward to the experiment results on the way of silkworm's spinning cocoons and the quality of silks in the zero-gravity environment.