Podcast: Farming in Space

Future of Agriculture Podcast Host Tim Hammerich interviewed Dr. Ray Wheeler who is a NASA’s Plant Physiologist and the lead for Advanced Life Support Research activities in the Exploration Research and Technology Program at Kennedy Space Center. Listen to Future of Agriculture, interview with Dr. Wheeler “Farming in Space“.Here are some of Dr. Wheeler’s research which he talks about in this podcast. You can also listen to the podcast at PlayerFM, Applepodcasts The research he’s conducted that has made it in today’s agriculture industry. How NASA helped in terrestrial applications of space farming. His recent projects that could be applied commercially in the future. Solving the ever-increasing CO2 emissions with… Read More

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Starship Nematode

One Tiny Step for a Nematode, One Big Step Toward Sustainable Agriculture in Space By Sharon DurhamFebruary 20, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC, February 20, 2019—An exciting collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym(Alachua, FL), will send nematodes (small round worms) into space to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission represents a look into the future where food crops will be grown in space.  Keep reading  

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