Astronaut David Saint-Jacques conducts botany research

iss059e038845 (May 2, 2019) --- Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is photographed performing a reservoir fill on the Veggie Ponds facility in the Columbus module of the International Space Station. The primary goal of the Veggie PONDS hardware validation test is to demonstrate plant growth in a newly developed plant growing system, Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System.