NASA astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test Pilot Suni Williams investigates using fluid physics techniques such as surface tension, as well as hydroponics and air circulation, to overcome the lack […]
Space Agriculture
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The Extremotolerant Desert Moss Syntrichia caninervis Is A Promising Pioneer Plant For Colonizing Extraterrestrial Environments
Many plans to establish human settlements on other planets focus on adapting crops to growth in controlled environments. However, these settlements will also require pioneer plants that can grow in […]
Posted inMissions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations, Status Report
NASA STAR – Spaceflight Technology Applications and Research – Is Accepting Applications To Get A Biology Experiment Into Space
Are you a researcher who is curious about how to get a biology experiment into space? The STAR program is currently accepting applications through June 28 for our next cohort […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Life Support Systems, Microbiology & Virology, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report, Terraforming & Geoengineering, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Observation of Significant Photosynthesis in Garden Cress and Cyanobacteria under Simulated Illumination from a K Dwarf Star
Stars with about 45 to 80% the mass of the Sun, so-called K dwarf stars, have previously been proposed as optimal host stars in the search for habitable extrasolar worlds.
Posted inLife Support Systems, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Status Report
Offworld Agriculture: Intercropping On Mars
Future colonists on Mars will need to produce fresh food locally to acquire key nutrients lost in food dehydration, the primary technique for sending food to space. In this study […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Commercial & Private Sector, Exploration Gear & Tech, Life Support Systems, Plant Biology, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Status Report
Offworld Botany: Online Dataset Access For Plants Grown In Lunar Regolith
Plants grown in Moon soil struggled with slow growth and poor health … what can we do to help them grow in these conditions? Dig into this processed dataset to […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Habitable Zones, Life Support Systems, Microbiology & Virology, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
How Soil Microbes Survive In Harsh Desert Environments
Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall – how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions?
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Plant Biology, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Space Agriculture, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report
Report: Strategies, Research Priorities, and Challenges for the Exploration of Space Beyond Low Earth Orbit
The Beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Instrumentation & Science Series Science Working Group (BLISS-SWG) was established in December 2020 to provide NASA’s Space Biology Program with sustained input from a […]
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Genes Identified That Allow Bacteria To Thrive Despite Toxic Heavy Metal In Soil
Some soil bacteria can acquire sets of genes that enable them to pump the heavy metal nickel out of their systems, a study has found. This enables the bacteria to […]
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.