Jessica Meir and Anil Menon have been growing Red Russian kale and Wasabi mustard greens on board the International Space Station.
Space botany
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Offworld Space Botany
[NASA] NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Luke Delaney works inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module on a space botany investigation.
Food Production and Space Research in Antarctica
Date & Time Aug 27, 2026 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) REGISTRATION We’re kicking off the second half of 2026 with Episode #08 of SpaceAg Conversations, exploring […]
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 inCitizen Science / Open Science, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
Monitoring Indoor Crop Health On Earth And Other Worlds
As the world urbanizes and technologies such as LED grow lights bring down costs, indoor farming is becoming an increasingly important part of the food supply. Eventually, indoor farming techniques […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Book, Film, Video Reviews, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Plant Biology, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Science Fiction
Film Review: “The Martian”
The Martian is a really good movie. It would be a good movie even if it was not set in outer space. But it does happen in space and does […]