Science and Exploration

Space Plant Harvest Aboard The ISS

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

July 15, 2021

Filed under NASA, space biology, Space Plant Harvest Aboard The ISS

NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei harvests plants growing in petri plates inside the Veggie facility for the APEX-7 (Advanced Plant Experiment-07) space botany study.
iss065e147928 (June 26, 2021) – larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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