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Astronaut Kayla Barron checks out plants growing inside the Veggie facility

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Feb 02, 2022
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Astronaut Kayla Barron checks out plants growing inside the Veggie facility
Astronaut Kayla Barron checks out plants growing inside the Veggie facility.

iss066e133016 (Feb. 1, 2022) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla Barron checks out plants growing inside the Veggie botany research facility for the Veggie PONDS experiment. The investigation tests ways to grow crops in space to supporting long-term crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.