3D-printed giant panda model sent into space--China Economic Net
A 3D-printed giant panda model was sent into space along with nine commercial satellites onboard China's Long March-6 rocket on Tuesday. The 9.026-cm-tall model, holding a national flag and wearing a spacesuit, was installed on a satellite camera. It is an image jointly created by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Beijing-based tech company SpaceD. As the satellite orbits Earth, the camera will take pictures of the panda model with the planet from different locations. "Researchers and wildlife conservation agencies alone are not enough to save endangered species,"...
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