Space Agriculture

Offworld Agriculture: The Kibo Laboratory Module Advanced Plant Habitat

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
January 30, 2024
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Offworld Agriculture: The Kibo Laboratory Module Advanced Plant Habitat
Loral O’Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module’s Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants. — NASA

NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara poses in front of the Kibo laboratory module’s Advanced Plant Habitat housing tomato plants.

This experiment investigates how the plant immune system adapts to spaceflight and how spaceflight affects plant production.

iss070e074692 (Jan. 18, 2024) — larger image

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