NASA scientist Jess Bunchek, who joined this years overwintering crew at the station, planted a range of veggies and greens in the completely automated greenhouse a few months earlier. (Image credit: DLR)” We have never ever been able to grow so many different ranges of veggies and herbs during an overwintering objective with EDEN ISS,” Daniel Schubert, EDEN ISS job leader at DLR, said in a statement.The greenhouse grows plants without soil, using a method called aeroponics, which sprays a nutrient-rich solution onto the plants roots, which are suspended in the air. The greenhouse is completely synthetically lit, as it has to run throughout the pitch-black 9 weeks of the Antarctic winter.Some of the plants grown by Bunchek have previously been grown on the International Space Station. The researcher prepares to compare how the plants fared in the Earth-based “area” greenhouse compared to those grown in two mini-gardens on the orbital station, the Veggie and the Advanced Plant Habitat experiments.
NASA researcher Jess Bunchek, who joined this years overwintering crew at the station, planted a range of vegetables and greens in the fully automated greenhouse a few months earlier. The greenhouse is completely artificially lit, as it has to operate throughout the pitch-black 9 weeks of the Antarctic winter.Some of the plants grown by Bunchek have actually previously been grown on the International Space Station. The scientist prepares to compare how the plants fared in the Earth-based “space” greenhouse compared to those grown in 2 mini-gardens on the orbital station, the Veggie and the Advanced Plant Habitat experiments.
