Gardeners of the Galaxy

The Space Plants Experiment You’ll Never Forget! GotG27

Gardeners of the Galaxy has completed its first solar orbit! Join Emma the Space Gardener for a birthday celebration and learn how GotG got started, hear the story of a space plants experiment you'll never forget, and find out which plant Emma would choose to take into space.
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Attack of the Killer Space Tomatoes: GotG26

Join Emma the Space Gardener in the Gardeners of the Galaxy time machine to learn about the time that NASA encouraged schoolchildren all over the world to grow killer mutant space tomatoes. That can't be right, can it?
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Bees in Space: GotG25

How will we pollinate plants in space? Join Emma the Space Gardener to discover why future space crops will need pollination, and how that might be achieved. And learn the history of bees in space, and whether our buzzy friends will be joining us on future space missions.
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Jacob Torres talks Space Chiles: GotG24

NASA will soon be growing chillies on the International Space Station. Jacob Torres joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk New Mexico chiles in space, his Space Chile Challenge citizen science project, and more!
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Soil in Space with Morgan Irons: GotG23

In 2020, Morgan Irons made space exploration history when she sent the first Earth soils to the International Space Station. Morgan joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk about the importance of soil structure on Earth, why she sent soil into space, and how we might develop living soils on Mars.

Helen Sharman's Project Juno Mission. GotG22.

Thirty years ago, Helen Sharman blasted off on her Project Juno mission, becoming the first British astronaut and the first women to visit the Mir space station. Join Emma the Space Gardener to discover how Helen was chosen for the mission, the plants she grew on Mir, and what happened to the pansy seeds she took into space.

Ben Greaves on his Hi-Seas space mission. GotG21.

In the Hi-Seas habitat in Hawaii, analog astronauts take part in simulated space missions. Ben Greaves joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk about the isolation, the dehydrated diet, and his experiment growing microgreens in space-age hydrogel.

Mission WISE: wines and vines in space. GotG20.

Can sending vines into space help wine production on Earth? Nicholas Gaume and Dr Michael Lebert from Space Cargo Unlimited join Emma the Space Gardener to discuss Mission WISE, and why they've sent both wine and vines to the International Space Station.