When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another ...

In 2022, the joint laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sent seeds on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS).

MISSOULA, Mont. — From Montana to the skies above Florida, a groundbreaking mission is underway to revolutionize agriculture in space. Garden City Fungi, in partnership with Florida Atlantic ...

The seeds were part of the "Emerging Space Nations' Space for Agriculture Agriculture for Space" experiment, a collaborative ...

Growing plants in space is tough -- low gravity means water distribution is difficult to manage, the roots are often starved of oxygen, and stagnant air reduces evaporation and increases the leaf ...

Unsurprisingly, therefore, space agricultural technology is one of the research topics currently being undertaken by the Research Center for Space Colony at Tokyo University of Science.

K-State precision agriculture economist Terry Griffin says when farmers have technological issues with GPS systems, space weather may be the cause.