In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

Progress M-31 (92P) — Flight engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy opened the hatch leading into the newly docked ...

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Beyond that, plants are excellent multitaskers. They produce oxygen (perhaps the most vital substance on a space station) and recycle waste and water. Growing plants in space also lets us learn more ...

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is conducting experiments to understand how microgravity affects germination and early plant ...

In another fascinating study, Shukla conducted research on tardigrades, microscopic extremophiles renowned for surviving ...

Shubhanshu Shukla successfully grew ‘moong’ and ‘methi’ seeds in space to study how microgravity affects germination and early plant development.

Indian astronaut studies plant growth in space, conducts stem cell research, and experiments with microalgae for sustainable ...