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Related: About this forumAstronauts are growing lettuce on the ISS to eat in space
Nasa wants to learn how to grow food in space to support longer missions in the future.
Last updated:02 March 2018 - 08.20pm
An American astronaut aboard the International Space Station has tweeted a picture of his mini vegetable patch.
As part of one of the many experiments on the ISS, Scott Tingle is helping to grow several types of lettuce to see how micro gravity affects plant growth.
The lettuce looks pretty healthy, dappled in pinkish light from its growing facility, which Nasa calls Veggie.
As part of the experiment theyre growing red romaine lettuce (the kind you might get in a salad on earth), mizuna, also known as Japanese mustard greens, and Tokyo bekana cabbage.
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Astronauts are growing lettuce on the ISS to eat in space (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Mar 2018
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Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)1. Zero gravity plus tossing a salad?
That must be interesting, LOL.
longship
(40,416 posts)3. The ISS salad spinner.
Send it up on the next supply mission.
Bayard
(21,802 posts)2. That's encouraging