Blossoming In Zero Gravity: NASA Grows Space Flower

It appears that mankind is cultivating space. NASA recently shared an image of a flower that grew in a zinnia plant (as shown in the image), which has awed individuals all around the world.

Understanding how plants grow in space is crucial because humans may need to nurture some crops on their upcoming long-term space missions, such as those to Mars.

As a result of this expanding requirement, NASA has been planting flower crops in space ever since NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren turned on the Veggie system in 2015, which contains zinnia seeds in its rooting “pillows”.

While research on plants in space dates back to the 1970s, he began this particular experiment on the International Space Station in 2015.

Among other crops cultivated on the International Space Station (ISS) are lettuce, tomatoes, and chilli peppers. There will be plenty more plants to grow there in the future.

According to NASA, the difficult process of raising the zinnias offered a rare chance for researchers back on Earth to gain a better understanding of how plants develop in microgravity and for astronauts to experience what they will be expected to do on an extensive space mission.