Before space crops become a permanent staple of the astronaut diet, we must first understand how plants and pathogenic microbes interact in microgravity. Crops such as red romaine lettuce and Chinese cabbage were grown on the International Space Station and sent back to Kennedy Space Center for microbial analysis. Aerobic plate counts and metagenomic sequencing were used to characterize bacterial and fungal communities for plants and their respective ''pillows''. These data will be used to create new guidelines for the microbial safety of space-grown produce, and will help us better protect astronauts from food-borne pathogens like E.coli, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella
With the upcoming events of returning humans to the Moon and then to Mars, the study and application...
As long-term spaceflight missions become ever more imminent, astronaut nutrition and diet require fu...
Researchers from the Human Research Program (HRP) have teamed up with plant biologists at KSC to exp...
Crewmembers live and work in a closed environment that is monitored to ensure their health and safet...
Supplemental safe food production has been an essential goal of NASA to meet the nutritional needs o...
The Veggie system focuses on growing fresh produce that can be harvested and consumed by astronauts....
The establishment of steady-state continuous crop production during long-term deep space missions is...
Humanity is currently on the precipice of a new era: one where human civilization is no longer bound...
Plant associated microbiomes, the rhizosphere and phyllosphere, are composed of communities of bacte...
With NASA focused on researching and developing technology for deep space missions, the need for a r...
Long duration space exploration will require the capability for crews to grow their own food. Growin...
As we establish colonies beyond Earth, resupply missions will become increasingly difficult, logisti...
The EDEN-ISS container is a mobile test facility in Antarctica used to investigate new plant cultiva...
Plant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies nec...
The EDEN ISS greenhouse, integrated in two joined containers, is a confined mobile test facility in ...
With the upcoming events of returning humans to the Moon and then to Mars, the study and application...
As long-term spaceflight missions become ever more imminent, astronaut nutrition and diet require fu...
Researchers from the Human Research Program (HRP) have teamed up with plant biologists at KSC to exp...
Crewmembers live and work in a closed environment that is monitored to ensure their health and safet...
Supplemental safe food production has been an essential goal of NASA to meet the nutritional needs o...
The Veggie system focuses on growing fresh produce that can be harvested and consumed by astronauts....
The establishment of steady-state continuous crop production during long-term deep space missions is...
Humanity is currently on the precipice of a new era: one where human civilization is no longer bound...
Plant associated microbiomes, the rhizosphere and phyllosphere, are composed of communities of bacte...
With NASA focused on researching and developing technology for deep space missions, the need for a r...
Long duration space exploration will require the capability for crews to grow their own food. Growin...
As we establish colonies beyond Earth, resupply missions will become increasingly difficult, logisti...
The EDEN-ISS container is a mobile test facility in Antarctica used to investigate new plant cultiva...
Plant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies nec...
The EDEN ISS greenhouse, integrated in two joined containers, is a confined mobile test facility in ...
With the upcoming events of returning humans to the Moon and then to Mars, the study and application...
As long-term spaceflight missions become ever more imminent, astronaut nutrition and diet require fu...
Researchers from the Human Research Program (HRP) have teamed up with plant biologists at KSC to exp...