NASA astronauts harvest Amara mustard & extra dwarf pak choi in space
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tends to multiple plant experiments.(Photo Courtesy: NASA)
According to NASA, its astronauts are set for the third spacewalk at the International Space Station(ISS) on Saturday as Michael Hopkins and Glover spent some time on "space gardening" tasks.
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Hopkins began harvesting Amara mustard and extra dwarf pak choi plants for the Veg-03 botany study, the space agency informed even as "Noguchi watered fast-growing plants used for traditional medicine and food flavouring for the Asian Herb investigation."
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"NASA astronaut Mike Hopkinsâ enthusiasm for learning to grow plants in space has proven fruitful for the agencyâs Vegetable Production System (Veggie)," the agency said in its blog.
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The Expedition 64 crew member had arrived at the ISS in November last year aboard NASAâs SpaceX Crew-1 for a six-month science mission. Hopkins initiated two experiments - VEG-03I which involved the first successful plant transplants in space and VEG-03J which featured the use of new seed film developed at NASAâs Florida centre.
Meanwhile, astronauts Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins are set to spacewalk together to work on the stationâs cooling system and communications gear. The duo will spend at least six-and-a-half-hour during their spacewalk working on the venting and relocating ammonia lines.
"Hopkins and Glover were joined by Flight Engineers Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi on Tuesday afternoon for a review of this weekendâs spacewalk procedures," the space agency informed.