In the field of environmental and climate science, researchers have developed the Comprehensive Mechanistic Light Response (CMLR) gross primary production (GPP) dataset. Derived from the TROPOMI satellite’s solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence […]
Plant Biology
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Microbiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release
Photosynthetic Secrets Come To Light
Secrets of photosynthesis have been discovered at atomic level, shedding important new light on this plant super-power that greened the earth more than a billion years ago.
Posted inLife Support Systems, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Status Report
Cultivation of Chroococcidiopsis thermalis Using Available In Situ Resources to Sustain Life on Mars
The cultivation of cyanobacteria by exploiting available in situ resources represents a possible way to supply food and oxygen to astronauts during long-term crewed missions on Mars.
Posted inLife Support Systems, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
Revisiting The Limits Of Plant Life – Plant Adaptations To Extreme Terrestrial Environments Relating To Astrobiology And Space Biology
Plants were essential to the early evolution of terrestrial life and colonization of the young Earth (Kapoor et al., 2023). Plant communities continue to colonize and transform our planet including […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release
Rare 3D Fossils Show That Some Early Trees Had Forms Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen
In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don’t usually include any leaves to show what their canopies and overall forms may have looked like.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations
Offworld Life Science: Three Biology Experiments Delivered By The NG-20 Cargo Droid To The ISS
NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is sending three physical sciences and space biology experiments and equipment to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission. […]
Posted inMicrogravity, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Agriculture: The Kibo Laboratory Module Advanced Plant Habitat
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.
Posted inMicrogravity, Plant Biology, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, SPACELINE Current Awareness List, Status Report
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,084 26 January 2023 (Space Life Science Research Results)
SPACELINE Current Awareness Lists are distributed via listserv and are available on the NASA Task Book website at https://taskbook.nasaprs.com/Publication/spaceline.cfm. Please send any correspondence to Shawna Byrd, SPACELINE Current Awareness Senior Editor, SPACELINE@nasaprs.com. […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Commercial & Private Sector, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
From Dust To Seed: A Lunar Chickpea Story
Food sustainability is one of the most significant barriers to long-term space travel. Providing resources from Earth is not cost-efficient, and resupply missions are not viable to meet the needs […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release
Complex Green Organisms Emerged A Billion Years Ago
Of all the organisms that photosynthesize, land plants have the most complex bodies. How did this morphology emerge? A team of scientists led by the University of Göttingen has taken […]