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Veg-03 Initiation

Takuya Onishi2016-10-25

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

iss049e046023 (10/25/2016) --- NASA astronauts Shane and Kate Rubins are photographed during VEG-03 initiation in the Node 2 module. Organisms grow differently in space, from single-celled bacteria to plants and humans. But future long-duration space missions will require crew members to grow their own food, so understanding how plants respond to microgravity is an important step toward that goal. Veg-03 uses the Veggie plant growth facility to cultivate a type of cabbage, which is harvested in orbit with samples returned to Earth for testing.

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  • Title: Veg-03 Initiation
  • Creator: Takuya Onishi
  • Date Created: 2016-10-25
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rtijerin
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