Posted on 12/27/2020 2:07:08 PM PST by BenLurkin
The radishes were grown in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) aboard the International Space Station. NASA shared a time-lapse video of the radishes as they grew inside the APH over the course of 27 days.
On Nov. 30, Rubins harvested 20 radish plants from the APH, wrapping each in foil and placing it in cold storage. The radish plants will be sent down to Earth early next year on SpaceX's 22nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, according to a statement from NASA.
Radishes are the latest type of fresh produce to be successfully grown and harvested in microgravity, and were chosen for the Plant Habitat-02 (PH-02) experiment because the vegetable is well understood by scientists and reaches maturity in just 27 days.
Radishes are also a viable test plant for future longer-term missions because they are edible and nutritious. The vegetable is genetically similar to Arabidopsis, which is a small flowering plant related to cabbage that has been studied frequently in microgravity, according to the NASA statement.
The APH is also equipped with more than 180 sensors that allow researchers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to monitor plant growth and regulate the temperature, moisture and carbon-dioxide levels inside the chamber, according to the statement.
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Watch out heart out Matt Damon......she did it FOR REAL.
“Eat your heart out”
Stupid phone
They look kinda sick.
For all the incorrect technical issues I rather enjoyed The Martian.
Gravity, which was unscientific brainless eye candy for us guys, was a lot worse on tech.
Curious about the holes in some of the leaves... Is there a bug eating part of the leaves or are the holes naturally occurring?
Curious about the holes in some of the leaves... Is there a bug eating part of the leaves or are the holes naturally occurring?
I liked The Martian....in spite of Damon. Jeff Daniels actually did a great job in a serious role.....too bad they’re both flaming insane liberals.
We cannot count votes accurately, but we can grow radishes in space. Sweet. USA!! USA!! USA!!
Micro meteors?
The effects of Gamma rays on Man In The Moon Radishes?
They filmed Jeff Daniels’ classroom scene from “Gettysburg” in an abandoned former Lowes building here.
When all the stars went out shopping in local stores, everyone ignored them.
YOU live in pa. ???? God bless you, how do you do it?
You should relocate to the sunshine state....we ride our scooters year ‘round here.
The kid on the far left grew radishes for his science fair project....!!
No Maryland.
They filmed a bunch of stuff in Hagerstown and Sharpsburg.
Lots if it in Martinsburg WV.
The funniest part was the CGI done when they’re overlooking a burned southern city and in reality, they were all staring at Blair’s Valley lake back the road from me.
The only reason I bought the DVD was because a one- legged biker friend had a bit part as a rebel who got his leg blown off.
:)
You may ride year round but I don’t have dog-eating dinosaurs in my yard.
: D
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