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Whitson during VEG-03 Harvesting and Cleaning

Thomas Pesquet2017-02-17

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

iss050e050335 (2/17/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson during harvesting and cleaning of VEG-03, in the Node 2. 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: Whitson during VEG-03 Harvesting and Cleaning
  • Creator: Thomas Pesquet
  • Date Created: 2017-02-17
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rtijerin

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