This isn’t just my mission,” Jenee Fox said. “It’s for every child who’s ever looked up at the sky and dared to wonder, ‘What ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

Fix toilets, grow plants, call home: Stuck astronauts have 'constant to-do list' Astronauts tell USA TODAY what it's like to be stuck in space.

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

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

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is set to conduct groundbreaking experiments on the ISS, cultivating moong and methi seeds in microgravity. This Indo-centric research, part of ...

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