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Space botanist conducts plant experiments in orbit photo of the day for Oct. 21, 2026
Space • • science
Key Points:
- NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting botany experiments to study how plants grow in microgravity.
- Astronaut Luke Delaney is working on experiments that investigate the genetic responses of plants to the space environment.
- These experiments build on previous ISS research where astronauts have successfully grown edible produce like peppers and demonstrated that moss can survive outside the station.
- The presence of plants and biological experiments aboard the ISS highlights the station as a unique laboratory for studying life beyond Earth.
