NASA LED Lights Used in Plant Growth Experiments

What kind of food will astronauts eat and what is the best way to grow it during deep space exploration missions? A group of plant biologists is seeking the answers as it works on one of NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Habitation Projects at Kennedy Space Center’s Space Life Sciences Laboratory, one in a series of projects taking place at the agency to forge new approaches to rapidly develop prototype systems, demonstrate key capabilities and validate operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit.  mehr lesen NASA