Behind this work is Kennedy’s space crop production team, helping grow the technologies future explorers will rely on. 🌱🧑🚀
Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
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Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
Watering plants is easy when water falls down. In orbit it doesn't, so seeds grow in plant pillows: small bags of clay-based soil and fertilizer that wick water to the roots. Fresh food will matter a lot on long trips to the Moon and Mars.
Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
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Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
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Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.