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Space Crop Production Controlled EnvironmentsAs astronauts venture farther from Earth, and for longer periods, the space food system will increase in importance. Crop production can supplement a packaged diet to provide additional nutrients and dietary variety for astronauts. Several unique challenges exist for growth of plants in microgravity and on other planetary surfaces. Testing with the Veggie and Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) chambers on the International Space Station is allowing us to understand the impacts of gravity and spaceflight on crop growth, nutritional content, and food acceptability, and the importance of plants to astronauts living and working away from Earth. Ohalo III is a new capability being developed that will pull from both Veggie and APH as we transition from research approaches to an operational space crop production system to enable human exploration of the moon and Mars.
Document ID
20220012623
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Gioia Massa
(Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, United States)
Ralph Fritsche
(Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, United States)
Raymond Wheeler
(Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2022
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: NCERA 101 Annual / International Meeting
Location: Tucson, AZ
Country: US
Start Date: September 11, 2022
End Date: September 14, 2022
Sponsors: United States Department of Agriculture
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 719125.01.02.08.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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