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Sunday, May 14, 2017
Peggy with veggies | International Space Statio
ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France: "Eat your greens kids! Fresh vegetables are rare on the International Space Station and when we get to harvest a crop of lettuce from our disco greenhouse it is a good day for us. The greenhouse is in our ESA Columbus laboratory and glows pink because researchers found out reddish light is most important for plants to grow. Growing plants in space is not easy but all the research and technology we are using is directly applicable on Earth as the goal is to grow vegetables with as little energy and resources as possible."
"Les légumes frais se font rares sur la Station, alors quand on réussit à faire pousser une laitue dans notre serre, on se prépare à un festin ! La serre en question est située dans le laboratoire de l’ESA Colombus ; la lueur rose a été choisie après que des chercheurs ont découvert que les lumières de la gamme des rouges aident la pousse des plantes. Le but est d’arriver à faire pousser des légumes en ayant recours au moins de ressources et d’énergie possibles, dans l’espace… comme sur Terre."
Credit: ESA/NASA
Image Date: April 25, 2017
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