Gardeners of the Galaxy

Hello, Gardeners of the Galaxy! Just in time for Halloween, Emma the Space Gardener presents a truly terrifying episode, involving our gardening nemesis. When you learn just how many snails have been sent to space, you'll be horrified! 🐌 🚀
(And they're not the only pests to have made it into space 😱.)
 
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There's growing evidence that gardening on Earth has both physical and mental benefits. However, so far there has been little research into the psychological benefits of gardening in space. In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener explores anecdotal evidence that suggests we should ensure long-duration space missions pack a greenhouse module, and takes a peek at an ongoing study into whether growing plants helps astronauts endure the stresses of space travel.
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Lori Waters from Magnitude.io joins Emma the Space Gardener to talk about the Exolab experiments that have sent intrepid leguminauts into space, the student researchers involved in the ground control experiments, and her experiences as an analog astronaut.
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In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Dr Christina Johnson, who works with microgreens at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. She explains the benefits and challenges of growing microgreens in orbit, and what it's going to take to get them onto astronaut menus.
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Prof Mark Weislogel from Portland State University joins Emma the Space Gardener to explore engineering solutions to the challenge of watering plants in space.
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Join Emma the Space Gardener on the Tiangong space station to learn about China's botanical experiments in space, and why Chinese consumers are eagerly awaiting rice from heaven. Plus - what was the first plant grown in space?
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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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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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