SpaceX Tomato Seeds
The Dragon cargo spacecraft is carrying more than 7,700 pounds of research, hardware and supplies, according to NASA
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After bad weather at the launch site forced SpaceX to cancel its first attempt, the company is now carrying a fresh load of supplies to the International Space Station. The mission lifted off at around 2:20 pm ET on Saturday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The original launch date had been set for Tuesday, according to SpaceX.
The Dragon cargo spacecraft is carrying more than 7,700 pounds of research, hardware and supplies, according to NASA. It is also carrying dwarf tomato seeds, ice cream and Thanksgiving fare for the astronauts on the space station, such as spicy green beans, cranberry apple desserts, pumpkin pie and candy corn.
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During spacewalks scheduled for November 29 and December 3, the solar arrays will be installed outside the floating laboratory. They will provide additional power to the space station. As more power need during long flight time.Two International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, or iROSAs, launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd commercial resupply mission for the agency and were installed in 2021.
These solar panels, which roll out using stored kinetic energy, expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station. The second set launching in the Dragon’s trunk, once installed, will be a part of the plan to provide a 20% to 30% increase in power for space station research and operations.
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According to the US Space Agency, researchers have been testing a plant growth unit known as Veggie on the station and have successfully grown a variety of leafy greens. Veg-05, the next step in that work, focuses on growing dwarf tomatoes.
SpaceX Tomato Seeds
“We are testing tomatoes, looking at the impacts of light spectrum on how well the crop grows, how delicious and nutritious the tomatoes are, and the microbial activity on the fruit and plants,” says Gioia Massa, NASA Life Sciences project scientist and VEG-05 principal investigator said in a press release. “We also are examining the overall effect of growing, tending, and eating crops on crew behavioral health. All of this will provide valuable data for future space exploration.”
NASA added that tomatoes can be eaten fresh and are nutritious and widely consumed. Red Robin, the dwarf cherry tomato variety used in the study, grew well in the field and produced a large crop of nutritious and tasty fruit.