The purple/pinkish hue surrounding the plants is the result of a combination of the red and blue lights which by design emit more light than the green LEDs. How do they get their daily requirements of vegetables?
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Kjell Lindgren harvests red romaine grown in space.
The image has been abuzz among netizens and witty Russians also left comments like, “Finally our astronauts brought a camera!”
Also thanks to the weightlessness of space, the lettuce didn’t not grow in a traditional plot of soil.
Boeing and SpaceX gained a mixed $6.eight billion in NASA contracts in 2014 to develop crew capsules to hold U.S. and companion astronauts to and from the area station., two years later than initially deliberate due to earlier finances shortfalls. “The concept of taking something from an old shuttle and making it available for use in space is something that we think is great”. The prospect of being able to reach the international Space Station is excited for any amateur radio enthusiast, and experiences like Adrian Lane’s show just how simple it can be to chat with an astronaut. It all depends on the altitude at which these encounters occur. And while astronauts spend plenty of time conducting experiments, tending to a garden could realistically be seen as a more satisfactory, fulfilling kind of work – or at the very least provide a welcome break from science.
The project has been named as Synthetic Biliogy for Recycling Human Waste into Food, Nutraceuticls, and Materials: Closing the Loop for Long-Term Space Travel.
“As NASA moves toward long-duration exploration missions farther into the solar system, Veggie will be a resource for crew food growth and consumption”, explained NASA, in a statement.
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The ability to grow edible plants in an environment as hostile as space makes growing them in desert locations a relative snap. You can find the crew’s schedule and plan your calls accordingly using NASA’s log of space station activity.
