Plant Response in the ASTROCULTURE™ Flight Experiment Unit

951624

07/01/1995

Event
International Conference on Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
The ASTROCULTURE™ flight unit flown as part of the SPACEHAB-03 mission on STS-63 was a complete plant growth system providing plant lighting, temperature control, humidity control, water and nutrient delivery, a CO2 control system, nutrient control using the NASA Zeoponics system, an ethylene photocatalysis unit, a control and data acquisition system, and plant video. The objective of the ASTROCULTURE™-4 experiment was to continue technological assessment of these environmental control subsystems. Plants were included in this package for the first time. Two plant species were flown, rapid cycling ‘Wisconsin Fast Plants’ (Brassica rapa), and dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. ‘Super Dwarf’). Growth and development of both plant species on orbit appeared normal and similar to that of plants grown under terrestrial conditions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/951624
Pages
10
Citation
Morrow, R., Duffie, N., Tibbitts, T., Bula, R. et al., "Plant Response in the ASTROCULTURE™ Flight Experiment Unit," SAE Technical Paper 951624, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951624.
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Publisher
Published
Jul 1, 1995
Product Code
951624
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English