Anne McClain: How does space radiation affect plants? NASA’s Advanced Plant EXperiment-12 (APEX-12) seeks to find out.
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Posted inLife Support Systems, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Harvesting Lettuce For A Space Station Study
Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests ‘Outredgeous’ romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant […]
Posted inLife Support Systems, Microgravity, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Stations
Space Biology Advanced Plant Habitat No Longer Available for Proposed ISS-Studies
ROSES-24 Amendment 121: E.9 Space Biology Advanced Plant Habitat No Longer Available for Proposed ISS-Studies
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report
Spaceflight Biospecimens Available for Research
Help NASA maximize the scientific return from biological spaceflight investigations and encourage broader participation of the research community in space biology-related research.
Posted inCommercial & Private Sector, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Stations, Status Report
Offworld Biology: Space Microalgae Cell Culture Bags
Cell culture bags are shown filled with microalgae and growth media at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB).
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Life Support Systems, Plant Biology, Radiation, Space Agriculture, Status Report
Telomere Dynamics and Oxidative Stress in Arabidopsis in the Space Radiation Environment (APEX-12)
The APEX-12 spaceflight investigation is poised to unlock crucial insights into the effects of space radiation on genome integrity, telomere length, and telomerase activity via Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) accumulation […]
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Offworld Botany: Plant Habitat-07 On-orbit Experiment Reveals Impact of Water Stress on Lettuce Plants
During his long stay aboard the ISS Astronaut Butch Wilmore tended the Advanced Plant Habitat experiment (known as PH-07) and returned with the science specimens on Crew-9.
Posted inLife Support Systems, Mars, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
Growing Algae On Mars
It’s a long way to Mars, and explorers headed there will either have to take enough food and supplies to last the whole trip or use in-situ resources to make […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Can We Find Floating Vegetation On Ocean Planets?
Astronomical surveys have discovered nearly 6,000 exoplanets, including many habitable planets, which may harbor liquid water on their surfaces. The search for life on such planets is one of the […]
Posted inMicrobiology & Virology, Microgravity, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, Status Report
NASA ROSES-24 Amendment 110: Due Dates Delayed and Other Changes to E.9 Space Biology and E.12 Physical Sciences
The research emphases of E.9 Space Biology: Research Studies falls under two broad categories: Precision Health and Space Crops. For Precision Health-focused studies, investigators may propose to use any non-primate […]