Astronauts Michael Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi work space botany

iss064e043776 (March 16, 2021) — Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are pictured inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module. Hopkins is showing a plant chamber containing plants growing for the Asian Herb in Space (AHiS) study. The space botany investigation is exploring ways to cultivate fast-growing plants used for traditional medicine and food flavoring.