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SpaceX Astronauts Will Try Growing the First Mushrooms in Space on Upcoming Fram2 Mission Over Earth's Poles
With NASA aiming to send humans to Mars as soon as the 2030s and SpaceX’s Elon Musk aiming for as early as 2029, we are the closest we’ve ever been to achieving interplanetary crewed spaceflight. In ...
Discovery of compounds that delay flowering could boost crop yields
In an era where climate change threatens food security, scientists worldwide are searching for reliable ways to improve crop ...
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CR Anderson seventh graders grow plants to help NASA
There may be 140 million miles between our home and the next planet over, but CR Anderson biology students are bringing the ...
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Astronauts are about to grow mushrooms in space for the first time. It could help us live on Mars
When Eric Philips boards SpaceX’s Dragon capsule next month, he’ll carry an unexpected organic payload: oyster mushrooms. One ...