Historic Vegetable Moment on the Space Station
Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 20:10
in Biology & Nature
On August 10th, astronauts on the International Space Station sampled their first space-grown salad and pronounced it “good.” They were treated to freshly harvested red romaine lettuce grown in the “Veggie” plant growth chamber—a special structure designed to make gardens flourish in weightlessness.