Life-support technology · Bioregenerative Life Support
Space Agriculture
Growing plants in space — for fresh food, for recycling air and water, and for crew morale. Experiments aboard the ISS have grown and eaten space-grown crops, a step toward the farms that Moon and Mars crews will need.
Highlights
- ›ISS crews have grown and eaten space-grown crops
Studied aboard & related
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupBioregenerative Life Support
- Part ofEnvironmental Control and Life Support System
- Associated withInternational Space Station
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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