sci-universe:Remember when I made the post Flowers could be blooming on the International Space Stat
sci-universe:Remember when I made the post Flowers could be blooming on the International Space Station after the New Year? It’s now done as you can see from the photos posted by astronaut Scott Kelly! “Growing the Zinnia plants will help advance our knowledge of how plants flower in the [plant growth system named] Veggie, and will enable fruiting plants like tomatoes to be grown and eaten in space using Veggie as the in-orbit garden,” said Trent Smith, Veggie program manager at Kennedy. -- source link