{"id":13647,"date":"2025-05-01T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-harvests-lettuce-for-space-station-study\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:01:55","slug":"nasa-harvests-lettuce-for-space-station-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-harvests-lettuce-for-space-station-study\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study<\/h2>\n

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Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests \u2018Outredgeous\u2019 romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat ground unit on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The harvest is part of the ground control work supporting Plant Habitat-07, which launched to the International Space Station aboard NASA\u2019s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission.<\/p>\n

The experiment focuses on studying how optimal and suboptimal moisture conditions affect plant growth, nutrient content, and the plant microbiome in microgravity. Research like this continues NASA\u2019s efforts to grow food that is not only safe but also nutritious for astronauts living and working in the harsh environment of space.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Outredgeous\u2019 romaine lettuce variety was first grown aboard the space station in 2014, and Plant Habitat-07 builds on that legacy, using the station\u2019s Advanced Plant Habitat to expand understanding of how plants adapt to spaceflight conditions. Findings from this work will support future long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, and could also lead to agricultural advances here on Earth.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/em><\/p>\n

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Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests \u2018Outredgeous\u2019 romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat ground unit on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The harvest is part of the ground control work supporting Plant Habitat-07, which launched to the International [\u2026] Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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