growing food in space
Add Astronaut Nutrition to the List of Barriers to Long-Duration Spaceflight
Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one's coming. Astronauts routinely spend…
2 months ago
Astronaut Food Will Lose Nutrients on Long-Duration Missions. NASA is Working on a Fix
Astronauts on board the International Space Station are often visited by supply ships from Earth with food among other things.…
8 months ago
Earth's Smallest Flowering Plant Can Handle 20X Earth's Gravity
Astronauts need to eat, and they need to breathe. That means, for long-duration missions, they are going to need to…
1 year ago
Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they’re not happy about it
NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon by the end of this decade, and hope to send humans to…
3 years ago
Microbes May Help Astronauts Turn Human Waste Into Food
Researchers at Penn State are developing methods of turning human waste into food. And microbes, not plants, would provide the…
7 years ago
Designing The Hanging Gardens Of Mars
Scientists are working on a system of growing food for astronauts while away from Earth for extended periods of time.
8 years ago