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Zinnia plant in bloom aboard an Earth orbiting space station. The growth of plants in outer space has elicited much scientific interest. [1] In the late 20th and early 21st century, plants were often taken into space in low Earth orbit to be grown in a weightless but pressurized controlled environment, sometimes called space gardens. [1]
The study of plant response in space environments is another subject of astrobotany research. In space, plants encounter unique environmental stressors not found on Earth including microgravity, ionizing radiation, and oxidative stress. [23] Experiments have shown that these stressors cause genetic alterations in plant metabolism pathways.
Zucchini plant in the Destiny lab. The supply of food to space stations and other long duration missions is expensive.One astronaut on the International Space Station requires approximately "1.8 kilograms of food and packaging per day". [1]
‘The ability to grow plants in space for fresh food and an improved crew living experience is important for future long-duration missions,’ Nasa says
Cabbage growing in a Veggie unit [1]. The Vegetable Production System (Veggie) is a plant growth system developed and used by NASA in space environments. The purpose of Veggie is to provide a self-sufficient and sustainable food source for astronauts as well as a means of recreation and relaxation through therapeutic gardening. [2]
The sweetgum sapling was one of less than 1,500 seedlings flown thousands of miles beyond the moon aboard the unmanned Orion spacecraft and spent six weeks in space. NASA’s Artemis I mission ...
Eu:CROPIS (Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space) was a life science satellite developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and intended to investigate the possibility of growing plants (specifically tomatoes) in different levels of gravity, such as that of the Moon and Mars, [1] as a sustainable food source using human urine for moisture and as the source of ...
In 2025, NASA plans to send four astronauts to the Moon, would include the first woman and the first person of color to land on the Moon. They would be the first human landing on the Moon in more than 50 years, since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. [12]