Plant Biology

Growing Radish Plants On The International Space Station

By Keith Cowing

NASA

November 18, 2020

Filed under space biology

Growing Radish Plants On The International Space Station — Radish Plants On The International Space Station

Radish plants are pictured growing inside the Columbus laboratory module’s Plant Habitat-02. NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins harvested leaves from the plants for the space botany experiment that is exploring the capability for food production in microgravity.

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Astrobiology

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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