VEGGIE

Vegetable Production System

active Mission

The Vegetable Production System, known as Veggie, is a space garden residing on the space station. Veggie’s purpose is to help NASA study plant growth in microgravity, while adding fresh food to the astronauts’ diet and enhancing happiness and well-being on the orbiting laboratory.

Type

Experiment

Launch

April 18, 2014

Location

International Space Station

Objective

Grow fresh, nutritious food for astronauts

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