Pink Glow on ISS Reveals Secret Space Garden

International Space Station space gardening plant growth

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A pink glow from the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory is from a plant-growing facility called Veggie.
Astronauts are studying how plants like alfalfa grow in microgravity, examining nitrogen fixation, lignin development, and microbial interactions, with samples returned to Earth for analysis.

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A pink glow from the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory is from a plant-growing facility called Veggie. Astronauts are studying how plants like alfalfa grow in microgravity, examining nitrogen fixation, lignin development, and microbial interactions, with samples returned to Earth for analysis.

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مواضيعspace gardening plant growth microgravity alfalfa European Space Agency Veggie facility

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