For the first time, NASA has successfully grown and harvested fresh greens in space.
In a post on the official NASA homepage, astronaut Shane Kimbrough began nurturing six romaine lettuce seedlings aboard the International Space Station on October 25, and on December 2, he enjoyed the first fruits of his labor as a "mid-afternoon snack."
The grow is part of NASA's "Veggie" experiment, which acknowledges that "future long-duration space missions will require crew members to grow their own food, so understanding how plants respond to microgravity is an important step toward that goal."
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In a post on the official NASA homepage, astronaut Shane Kimbrough began nurturing six romaine lettuce seedlings aboard the International Space Station on October 25, and on December 2, he enjoyed the first fruits of his labor as a "mid-afternoon snack."
The grow is part of NASA's "Veggie" experiment, which acknowledges that "future long-duration space missions will require crew members to grow their own food, so understanding how plants respond to microgravity is an important step toward that goal."
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