We are pleased to announce the abstract submission deadline for ASGSR 2025 has been extended to August 1st, 2025 at 23:59 EDT.
Space Agriculture
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
Lunar Soil Could Support Life On The Moon
Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the Moon. In a study publishing July 16 in the Cell Press journal Joule, researchers extracted water from lunar […]
Posted inAstropharmacy / Biotechnology, Gravitational Biology, Life Support Systems, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
Exploring Plant Responses To Altered Gravity For Advancing Space Agriculture
Plants are vital to human space exploration, providing oxygen, food, and psychological benefits to astronauts while contributing to water regeneration by recycling organic waste.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Life Support Systems, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science
Offworld Agriculture: Developing The Perfect Crop For Space Bases
The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to create […]
Posted inAstronauts and Explorers, Life Support Systems, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
Offworld Space Botany Hardware
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is pictured inside the cupola with space botany hardware that supports the LEO Integrated Flori-culture Experiment (LIFE) 01 (Rhodium Plant LIFE) investigation.
Posted inAstronauts and Explorers, Life Support Systems, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Biotech: Growing Microalgae In Microgravity
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers shows off research hardware to study how microalgae grow in spaceflight conditions such as microgravity and radiation.
Posted inLife Support Systems, Moon, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
Raman Spectroscopy As A Tool For Assessing Plant Growth In Space And On Lunar Regolith Simulants
Colonization of the Moon and other planets is an aspiration of NASA and may yield important benefits for our civilization.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research ASGSR 2025 Call for Abstracts
Abstract submissions for the 2025 ASGSR annual conference are now being accepted. Each year the ASGSR annual conference brings together the biological and physical space sciences community to share research, […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Life Science: Visualized Microtubules In Cell Cultures
Taken on 28 May 2025, this image of the preparative zone of cultured tobacco cells with visualized microtubules (yellow: microtubules [preparative zone], magenta: nuclei).
Posted inLife Support Systems, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Offworld Botany: Genetically Modified, Extemely Dwarf Tomato Plants
Genetically modified, extemely dwarf tomato plants are pictured growing inside specialized research hardware, called Rhodium BioCuvettes, aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. The space botany experiment tests the […]