News Archive / Tagged: Advanced Plant Habitat
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Where’s the Beef? NASA OA-7 mission takes a look at astronauts’ menu
Jim SiegelApril 21st, 2017KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — One of many challenges of long-duration space travel is storing the necessary food and other supplies. Without a way to replenish supplies, a mission to Mars would have to be self-sustaining. One way of reducing the very large amount of food required for such a trip would be to grow some of that food on the way.
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NASA studying farming in space to support trips to Mars
Bart LeahyFebruary 17th, 2017KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Children might not want to hear this, but, if they want to be the first astronaut on Mars, they’ll need to eat their vegetables. To account for that painful truth, NASA has several space farming projects to ensure people living and working in space get fresh green stuff as part of their diet.
