This is the first flower ever grown entirely in space
Credit: @nasa (NASA)
https://i.redd.it/pvs9gr0o2one1.jpeg
This is the first flower ever grown entirely in space
Credit: @nasa (NASA)
https://i.redd.it/pvs9gr0o2one1.jpeg
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This Zinnia is the first flower ever grown entirely in space! It was part of NASA’s Veggie experiment and was cultivated inside the ISS in a controlled environment. Astronaut Scott Kelly took this amazing shot while the plant grew near a window!
Arabidopsis thaliana was grown through a full life cycle including flowering at least as early as 2001.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14686438/
Apparently flowers grown in space have to be captured. Probably shouldn’t release them on Earth.
Nice. It costs over seven million dollars a day for each person aboard ISS. But at least we get pictures of pretty flowers for all that money…
That’s a significant milestone for space agriculture!
“Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again.”
You should specify that this was [9 years ago](https://x.com/NASA/status/689587362624593920?t=MO1J2ltF_8UldIH1hNmDwA&s=19)
I was happy about a flower grown in space then I started reading the pedantic commentary and realized I don’t give a f**k what you guys think. I am still glad for a flower from space.