Scientists want to address controlling these outbreaks with the next round of cellular growth experiments on the International Space Station — Micro-8. (sciencedaily.com)
That's a consolation to professor Rod Savidge, who struggled for years to arrange a tree growth experiment aboard the International Space Station. (canadianbusiness.com)
In 2010, researchers sent petri dishes loaded with seeds of two particular strains of Arabidopsis to the International Space Station, where astronauts tended growth experiments on the plants — the first to monitor root development in great detail, the scientists say. (sciencemag.org)