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.

Now, the Moon-Rice project, a collaborative effort led by the Italian Space Agency and three Italian universities, aims to develop a “super-dwarf” rice variety ideal for sustained space habitation and ...

Watch how China Shenzhou 14 crew cultivated plants using rice and Thale cress seeds on the Tiangong space station during ...

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

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

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

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has been cultivating 'moong' and 'methi' seeds on the International Space Station (ISS), studying how microgravity affects plant development.

Peggy Whitson, a retired NASA astronaut, is on her way back to the International Space Station for the fifth time as part of ...

Once returned to Earth, the seeds will be cultivated over several generations to examine changes in their genetics, microbial ...