Ensuring that plants receive the nourishment they need through proper irrigation is an age-old challenge for farmers here on Earth. It is also a challenge in space. NASA is one step closer to ...

Mizuna mustard plants grow inside plant pillows in the Vegetable Production System, also known as Veggie, on the International Space Station. Credits: NASA It’s a maxim drilled into us at a young age: ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully grown plants in lunar soil, marking a breakthrough in space farming and ...

You don't need to be a Feng Shui expert to know that a lush flourish has the power to instantly improve the energy in any indoor and outdoor space. And a potted garden is no less chi improving than a ...

Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet — even for astronauts on a mission. It’s been more than three years since the National Aeronautics and Space ...

It looks like some kind of seed pod or pine cone caught mid-explosion. At the center, there’s a jumble of trumpets-turned-terraria—conical containers for space-going plants—and from this central core ...

The Chang'e 8 mission will target the lunar south pole around 2028, as a precursor to a moon base. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...