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Space AgricultureIn partnership with Utah State University and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), SDL has been flying space agriculture experiments for nearly ten years. Early experiments involved developing the first wheat seeds that could grow in space. These viable seeds completed a 25-year quest to demonstrate that serial plant propagation in space was possible.
Since that time, SDL has continued to contribute to scientists’ understanding
of what factors affect the growth of plants in space. In addition to developing
a small, low-cost growth chamber that has been deployed in the Russian section
of the ISS, SDL has been awarded a two NASA contracts: one to conduct the first
“space soil physics” experiment, a study of the movement of water
and oxygen through substrates in zero gravity; and another to research the best
types of vegetables to grow in space, how to clean them and the psychological
effects they have on astronauts and cosmonauts. The information collected by
these experiments will be vital for the future design of long-term space missions.
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