Monday Mar 29, 2021
Aquaculture in space: GotG19
Gardeners of the Galaxy
Gardeners of the Galaxy is a podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. Emma the Space Gardener is your guide as you explore cultivating the cosmos, planting planets and sowing seeds in space.
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Episodes
Episodes
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma talks to Grace Crain, a researcher on the MELiSSA project developing circular life support systems.
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma recaps important spacecraft Arrivals and Departures and learns about growing nutrients and medicines in space. There's a new plant experiment running on the International Space Station, and exciting news from ESA.
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma talks about some exciting news for astrobotanists and starts exploring the history of Space Gardeners of Colour for Black History Month.
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma recaps the latest space plant news and then talks about some of the seeds with space stories.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma explores some exciting interplanetary plant news and talks about two projects growing in the Orbital Garden - heritage hydroponics and space chiles.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! Emma's guest on this week's show is Dr Karl Hasenstein, the Principal Investigator for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment, which is currently growing radishes on the International Space Station.
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! Emma's guest on this week's show is Michael Wilkinson, a teacher who's bringing astrobotany into classrooms with Magnitude.io. Michael talks about the ExoLab series of experiments, which 'leguminaut' is blasting off in 2021, and how a Bitmoji teacher will be able to tag along for the ride!
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! Emma's guest on this week's show is Christine Escobar, VP of Space Lab Technologies. Christine talks about the wonderful microgravity lilypond, and the company's plans to put a greenhouse on Mars.
Plants. In Space.
The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for more than 20 years, but the astronauts that live there have only grown a few mouthfuls of food. As we make the move into deep space, to the Moon, and on to Mars, we need to learn how to grow plants in space, and that's what Gardeners of the Galaxy is all about.