Even Astronauts Have to Eat Their Vegetables: How NASA Grows Plants in Space

No soil, no rain, no problem—sort of.

Even Astronauts Have to Eat Their Vegetables: How NASA Grows Plants in Space

As we plan longer missions to space, the moon, Mars, and beyond, we'll need a way to keep our astronauts fed when they can't get resupply packages from Earth. That means figuring out how to grow food in space.