jsc2022e072962 (3/17/2022) --- The final harvest of the Arabidopsis plants is seen inside of NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat for the Plant Habitat-03 investigation. For this study, seeds produced in orbit by space-grown plants will be returned to Earth, processed, and flown back to space. These seeds will be grown alongside seeds from Earth-grown plants to help determine whether second generation adaptations continue to build up or stabilize. Image courtesy of Kennedy Space Center.

jsc2022e072964 (2/7/2022) --- A view of plants inside NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat with two of the four seed bags (for collecting the seeds on orbit) installed over the plants. The flower stalks will grow up into the confines of the bags and be contained to their growth quadrant. For the Plant Habitat-03 investigation, seeds produced in orbit by space-grown plants will be returned to Earth, processed, and flown back to space. These seeds will help determine whether second generation space adaptations continue to build up or stabilize. Image courtesy of Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul.

jsc2025e047408 (2/13/2024) --- Dividers installed on day 14 to separate the canopies and microbiomes of lettuce plants grown with different moisture treatments as part of a ground experiment for The Spaceflight Microbiome of a Food Crop Grown Using Different Substrate Moisture Levels (Plant Habitat-07). This investigation studies how plants, and their communities of microorganisms respond to different levels of water. Results could support development of systems for growing food crops on future missions. Image courtesy of the PH-07 Team.

jsc2025e047407 (2/6/2024) --- ‘Outredgeous’ red romaine lettuce seedlings after thinning on Day 7 as part of a ground experiment for Spaceflight Microbiome of a Food Crop Grown Using Different Substrate Moisture Levels (Plant Habitat-07). This investigation studies how plants, and their communities of microorganisms respond to different levels of water. Results could support development of systems for growing food crops on future missions. Image courtesy of the PH-07 Team.

jsc2025e047410 (2/27/2024) --- Lettuce grown with the drought (left) and wilt (right) moisture treatments halfway through the harvest procedure on day 28 of a ground experiment for Spaceflight Microbiome of a Food Crop Grown Using Different Substrate Moisture Levels (Plant Habitat-07). Plant Habitat-07 investigates how plants and their communities of microorganisms respond to different levels of water. Results could support development of systems for growing food crops on future missions. Image courtesy of the PH-07 team.

jsc2025e047409 (2/27/2024) --- Lettuce grown as a ground experiment with the control (left) and flood (right) moisture treatments prior to harvest on day 28. The Spaceflight Microbiome of a Food Crop Grown Using Different Substrate Moisture Levels (Plant Habitat-07) investigates how plants, and their communities of microorganisms respond to different levels of water. Results could support development of systems for growing food crops on future missions. Image courtesy of the PH-07 Team.

jsc2022e072963 (2/7/2022) --- A view into NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) during experiment verification testing for the Plant Habitat-03 investigation. The image shows the Arabidopsis plants growing in the APH just before the four seed bags are installed. The plants are just beginning to develop flower stalks. Image courtesy of Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul.

jsc2019e037579 (4/24/2019) --- Preflight image of the commercially developed and operated BioFabrication Facility (BFF) and the Advanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP). Together they comprise a 3D tissue bioprinting system for the International Space Station (ISS). Photo courtesy of Techshot Inc.

jsc2020e016982 (7/24/2019) --- A preflight view of the SUBSA Thermal Chamber. SUBSA is a high-temperature furnace that can be used to study how microgravity affects the synthesis of semiconductor and scintillator crystals. Image courtesy of: Kenneth Barton, Techshot, Inc.