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Growth Chambers on the International Space Station for Large PlantsThe International Space Station (ISS) now has platforms for conducting research on horticultural plant species under LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lighting, and those capabilities continue to expand. The Veggie vegetable production system was deployed to the ISS as an applied research platform for food production in space. Veggie is capable of growing a wide array of horticultural crops. It was designed for low power usage, low launch mass and stowage volume, and minimal crew time requirements. The Veggie flight hardware consists of a light cap containing red (630 nanometers), blue, (455 nanometers) and green (530 nanometers) LEDs. Interfacing with the light cap is an extendable bellowsbaseplate for enclosing the plant canopy. A second large plant growth chamber, the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), is will fly to the ISS in 2017. APH will be a fully controllable environment for high-quality plant physiological research. APH will control light (quality, level, and timing), temperature, CO2, relative humidity, and irrigation, while scrubbing any cabin or plant-derived ethylene and other volatile organic compounds. Additional capabilities include sensing of leaf temperature and root zone moisture, root zone temperature, and oxygen concentration. The light cap will have red (630 nm), blue (450 nm), green (525 nm), far red (730 nm) and broad spectrum white LEDs (4100K). There will be several internal cameras (visible and IR) to monitor and record plant growth and operations. Veggie and APH are available for research proposals.
Document ID
20160006561
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Massa, Gioia D.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Wheeler, Raymond M.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Morrow, Robert C.
(Orbitec Technologies Corp. Madison, WI, United States)
Levine, Howard G.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Date Acquired
May 24, 2016
Publication Date
May 22, 2016
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Life Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
KSC-E-DAA-TN32018
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Symposium on Light in Horticulture
Location: East Lansing, MI
Country: United States
Start Date: May 22, 2016
End Date: May 26, 2016
Sponsors: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNK09EA88P
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Veggie
LED Light
Advanced Plant Habitat
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