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NASA astronaut harvests first radish crop ever on International Space Station – The Indian Express
The radishes were grown in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH), a growth chamber for plant research, onboard the International Space Station.
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi |
December 4, 2020 4:04:54 pm
Radishes were chosen since they are fairly well understood by scientists and achieve maturity in just 27 days.
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvested the first ever radish crop grown on the International Space Station on November 30.
The radish harvest, which the space agency described as a “historic harvest” was part of NASA’s plant experiment, Plant Habitat-02 (PH-02) that seeks to understand how plants grow in microgravity conditions, the…
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