Freshly Grown ISS Vegetables Show Deep-Space Promise

Credit: NASA
Assessments of three crops of red romaine lettuce grown in a small greenhouse aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggest astronauts safely could cultivate and consume the leafy nutrient and potentially other fresh vegetables. Investigators in a NASA-funded study examined the microbial...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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