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Chile pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) aboard the International Space Station recently bore fruit. The peppers...
On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant...
Closeup of zinnia flower bloom surrounded by leaves
iss072e404275 (12/27/2024) --- The Spaceflight Microbiome of a Food Crop Grown Using Different Substrate Moisture Levels (Plant Habitat-07) investigation grows...
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This was the view from a NASA TG-14 and a NASA T-34 as the aircraft flew from NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
View from a NASA aircraft, T-34, over the Superbloom of wildflowers and poppies from the Antelope Valley.
An orange blister beetle sits on a wildflower called Cirsium nuttallii (Nuttall’s thistle) in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
iss060e004259 (July 5, 2019) --- Leafy greens are pictured growing inside the Columbus laboratory module's VEGGIE botany research facility. The...
iss060e004259 (July 5, 2019) --- Leafy greens are pictured growing inside the Columbus laboratory module's VEGGIE botany research facility. The VEG-04 botany study is exploring the viability of growing fresh food in space to support astronauts on long-term missions. The salad-type plants are harvested after 28 days of growth, with some samples stowed for analysis and the rest taste-tested by the crew aboard the International Space Station.
With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at...
With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022.
Elaborate Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, sit pretty in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June...
A close-up view of wildflowers called Passiflora incarnata (purple passionflower) in a field at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 13, 2023.
iss060e004723 (July 7, 2019) --- Leafy greens are pictured growing inside the Columbus laboratory module's VEGGIE botany research facility. The...
iss060e004723 (July 7, 2019) --- Leafy greens are pictured growing inside the Columbus laboratory module's VEGGIE botany research facility. The VEG-04 botany study is exploring the viability of growing fresh food in space to support astronauts on long-term missions. The salad-type plants are harvested after 28 days of growth, with some samples stowed for analysis and the rest taste-tested by the crew aboard the International Space Station.
iss060e006113 (July 9, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA harvests Mizuna mustard greens for the VEG-04...
iss060e006113 (July 9, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA harvests Mizuna mustard greens for the VEG-04 botany study that is exploring the viability of growing fresh food in space to support astronauts on long-term missions. Station crewmembers pick the salad-type plants after 28 days of growth, stow some samples for analysis and taste test the rest.
iss061e033363 (Nov. 7, 2019) --- Mizuna mustard greens are growing aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate the feasibility of...
Mizuna mustard greens are growing aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate the feasibility of space agriculture to provide fresh food for crews on deep space missions. The plants are grown under red-to-blue lighting and watered in pillows rather than soil in a specialized botany facility called VEGGIE. Crops are grown, harvested and consumed by astronauts with some samples stowed in science freezers for later analysis as part of the VEG-04 study.
iss061e033379 (Nov. 7, 2019) --- Mizuna mustard greens are growing aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate the feasibility of...
Mizuna mustard greens are growing aboard the International Space Station to demonstrate the feasibility of space agriculture to provide fresh food for crews on deep space missions. The plants are grown under red-to-blue lighting and watered in pillows rather than soil in a specialized botany facility called VEGGIE. Crops are grown, harvested and consumed by astronauts with some samples stowed in science freezers for later analysis as part of the VEG-04 study.
iss069e055081 (Aug. 8, 2023) --- Thale cress plants, similar to cabbage and mustard, are pictured growing for the Plant Habitat-03...
Thale cress plants, similar to cabbage and mustard, are pictured growing for the Plant Habitat-03 space botany experiment helping researchers learn how to grow food and sustain crews on future space missions.
iss051e051923 (5/03/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson poses with cabbage plants in the Vegetable Production System (Veggie) bellows in the...
Wildflowers are in view near the Central Campus Headquarters building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19,...
Wildflowers are in view near the Central Campus Headquarters building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Chile pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station bore fruit in the late summer...
A small flower's white petals stretch outward in the center of the image. The petals are slightly curly at the edges. There are bright and dark green leaves of varying sizes as well as flower buds around the flower. Other plants are out of focus in the background at left.
Thale cress plants from the Plant Habitat-03 investigation just before a harvest.
Arabadopsis thaliana plants growing in the International Space Stations Advanced Plant Habitat for the Plant Habitat-03 investigation, which looks at whether plants grown in space can pass adaptations to their next generation.
NASA researcher harvests crops in Antarctica.
Jess Bunchek, a plant scientist from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, harvests Mizuna mustard greens inside EDEN ISS, a greenhouse at the Neumayer III station in Antarctica, on April 28, 2021.
Four pepper plants growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) aboard the International Space Station have sprouted several flowers in...
Pepper plants on the Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station
iss072e404269 (Dec. 27, 2024) --- Red Romaine lettuce is pictured growing inside the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat aboard...
Red Romaine lettuce is pictured growing inside the Kibo laboratory module's Advanced Plant Habitat aboard the International Space Station. The lettuce was being grown for the Plant Habitat-07 space botany investigation that is exploring how plants and their associated communities of microorganisms respond to different levels of water in microgravity. Results could support plant growth and the creation of systems that produce safe and nutritious food for crew members on future space missions.
JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi poses with radish plants growing inside the Advanced Plant Habitat.
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi poses with radish plants growing on the station
Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins checks out radish plants.
Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins checks out radish plants
The crew aboard the International Space Station have grown two batches of mixed greens (mizuna, red romaine lettuce and tokyo...
Crew members aboard the Space Station have grown two batches of mixed greens
On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant...
Closeup of zinnia flower with green leaves in VEGGIE growth chamber on space station
Wildflowers are in view in a field at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A bee goes about his business pollinating the flowers off Schwartz Road on NASA's Kennedy Space...