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ISS: Farmers in the Sky

ISS: Farmers in the Sky

Since the beginning of the space age, the idea of colonizing other planets has often brought to mind visions of steely eyed rocket men (and women) boarding sleek reusable vehicles to head off into the unknown. And in the era before the internet and social media, these images were often presented on the covers of […]

Its “Outredgeous!” Forty Years After Skylab, NASA Astronauts Finally Eat Some Home Grown

Its “Outredgeous!” Forty Years After Skylab, NASA Astronauts Finally Eat Some Home Grown

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station participated in a surprising space first today. The event, eating food grown in space, was surprising not because it happened, but rather because it took this far into to space age, and in particular into the lifespan of the ISS for it to happen in the first place. Carried […]

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