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Even Astronauts Have to Eat Their Vegetables: How NASA Grows Plants in Space

As we plan longer missions to space, the moon, Mars, and beyond, we'll need a way to keep our astronauts fed when they can't ...
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NASA teams up with Tupperware to grow vegetables in space

Earlier this year, NASA teamed up with the University of South Florida to test a system using human waste to grow vegetables, Fox 13 reported. In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Bill Wright, ...
JSTOR Daily

Vegetable production using a simplified hydroponics system inside City of Dead (Cairo)

This research work was performed in the poorest urban area of Cairo (Egypt) in a slum area called Al-Quarafa. The aim was to develop and evaluate a simplified hydroponics system (HS) to grow ...
SpaceRef

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 30 October 2018 – Vegetable Production System Change

Today: Binary Colloidal Alloy Test – Cohesive Sediment (BCAT-CS): Today, the crew transferred images to the Station Support Computer (SSC), replaced the SB-800 Flash batteries, verified the camera ...
SpaceNews

Can Gardening In Space Help Astronauts Cope With Isolation?

Mizuna mustard plants grow inside plant pillows in the Vegetable Production System, also known as Veggie, on the International Space Station. Credits: NASA It’s a maxim drilled into us at a young age: ...
SpaceNews

Tupperware Brands Awarded U.S. Patent for PONDS, a NASA-Tested Product Used to Grow Vegetables in Space

Today, Tupperware Brands announces the issuance of a U.S. patent for PONDS (Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System) a unique device designed to grow vegetables in low earth orbit with minimal ...