jsc2021e029981 (3/18/2021) --- A Picture of the EKLOSION pot manipulated by Eve Teyssier at CNES Toulouse. The Eklosion investigation consist of a vase that is utilized by a crew member to grow a Marigold flower (Tagetes patula) aboard the ISS. The investigation takes place at the leisure of the crew member and helps to study the process of plant growth in space, as well as using a personally tended house plant in space to help establish a psychological link between the crew member aboard the ISS and Earth. Image courtesy of CNES.
Date March 18, 2021