Nasa Plants

NASA's Starliner mission, which was supposed to be a 10-day mission with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, could extend until February 2025 due to persistent technical problems. The agency is evaluating using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon as a potential return option. In the meantime, the astronauts are safe on the ISS, with Williams working o...

Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...

crew members of Expedition 67 are now preparing for their next spacewalk at the International Space Station. The crew members have been exploring how humans and plants adapt to the zero-gravity conditions of space. As part of their study, NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines together analysed the effects of living in space on dextero...

Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth, another has launched carrying the Crew Dragon Capsule called Freedom, with four astronauts. This time, the launch is for a NASA mission to the international space station (ISS).

NASA's next-generation moon rocket is all set to make a highly anticipated public debut — a slow-motion journey from an assembly plant to its launch pad in Florida for a final round of tests in the coming weeks that will determine how soon the spacecraft can fly.

NASA's next-generation moon rocket was due on Thursday to make a highly anticipated, slow-motion journey from an assembly plant to its launch pad in Florida.

NASA's International Space Station (ISS) saw its first harvest of crops on October 29. The agency shared a photo on Twitter and mentioned that the station's first harvest was chilli peppers. This harvest was a part of an ISS experiment, called Plant Habitat-04 study. Astronaut Megan McArthur, who is stationed at the ISS, posted another update about...

NASA is carrying out a study to see if growing fresh vegetables can help astronauts cope with isolation. This will also have benefits for health and nutrition and is something that people stuck at home should consider.

Space Station Radish Crop: Researchers at the International Space Station grew 20 radish plants in the APH, after analysing their "CO2 effects and mineral acquisition and distribution".

Located in Europe's Columbus module, the NASA experiment is the latest in the study of plants growing in microgravity.

The US wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.

NASA plans to install on the International Space Station (ISS) an instrument that will measure the temperature of plants from space, enabling researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health.

NASA's Starliner mission, which was supposed to be a 10-day mission with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, could extend until February 2025 due to persistent technical problems. The agency is evaluating using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon as a potential return option. In the meantime, the astronauts are safe on the ISS, with Williams working o...

Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...

crew members of Expedition 67 are now preparing for their next spacewalk at the International Space Station. The crew members have been exploring how humans and plants adapt to the zero-gravity conditions of space. As part of their study, NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines together analysed the effects of living in space on dextero...

Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon - samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 - in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds.

Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth, another has launched carrying the Crew Dragon Capsule called Freedom, with four astronauts. This time, the launch is for a NASA mission to the international space station (ISS).

NASA's next-generation moon rocket is all set to make a highly anticipated public debut — a slow-motion journey from an assembly plant to its launch pad in Florida for a final round of tests in the coming weeks that will determine how soon the spacecraft can fly.

NASA's next-generation moon rocket was due on Thursday to make a highly anticipated, slow-motion journey from an assembly plant to its launch pad in Florida.

NASA's International Space Station (ISS) saw its first harvest of crops on October 29. The agency shared a photo on Twitter and mentioned that the station's first harvest was chilli peppers. This harvest was a part of an ISS experiment, called Plant Habitat-04 study. Astronaut Megan McArthur, who is stationed at the ISS, posted another update about...

NASA is carrying out a study to see if growing fresh vegetables can help astronauts cope with isolation. This will also have benefits for health and nutrition and is something that people stuck at home should consider.

Space Station Radish Crop: Researchers at the International Space Station grew 20 radish plants in the APH, after analysing their "CO2 effects and mineral acquisition and distribution".

Located in Europe's Columbus module, the NASA experiment is the latest in the study of plants growing in microgravity.

The US wants to build nuclear power plants that will work on the moon and Mars, and on Friday put out a request for ideas from the private sector on how to do that.

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walked on the moon, gathered rocks, planted a flag, rocketed home to Earth and splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. After three weeks in quarantine (to prevent a purely hypothetical moon-germ contagion), the three Apollo 11 astronauts got their ticker-tape parade and eternal glory.

NASA plans to install on the International Space Station (ISS) an instrument that will measure the temperature of plants from space, enabling researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health.