ESA's latest Earth Explorer mission - FLEX - will map the health of Earth's plants, from space!

My latest round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening incudes safe-to-eat space crops, gardening in the Arctic, nitrogen uptake in space and cookies made from plastic and plant wa...

A Brazilian rocket will launch samples of two nitrogen-fixing bacteria – Bradyrhizobium and Azospirillum brasiliense – into space.

Wilder strawberries may be more suited to space missions than their highly-cultivated cousins.

A few plants have evolved a trick to survive prolonged dessication, and that might prove useful in space.

Astronauts on the ISS are growing their own space gardens.

Mangroves might not be the first plant that springs to mind for space agriculture, but at USF they're part of a multidisciplinary approach to growing plants in space.

To celebrate six years of Gardeners of the Galaxy, Emma the Space Gardener is raising a glass and looking into the history… and future… of wine in space.

Scientists today still make use of Mary Banning’s research, examining the same mushrooms that she located, preserved, and packed away for posterity.

Header image: Collection of CRISPR-Cas mutagenised rice plants. Image credit: University of Milan. There’s no doubt about it – anyone embarking on a long duration...

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got an update on EDEN LUNA, a Biosphere 2 retrospective & French food heading for the ISS!

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot selected the French chef Anne-Sophie Pic to develop the bonus food she will bring to the International Space Station during her mission εpsilon.

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got space bioreactors, a cultural crop seed payload, anthocyanins and synthetic lichen on Mars!

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got plants for the Moon and for Mars, fungi to mine asteroids & people missing the point about space exploration.

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens.

An advanced new research station is being developed to explore the potential for a human settlement under the ocean.

To grow gardens on the Moon, we might need to invite some diatoms to the party.

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got plants launching on Axiom-4, a 3D-printed module for space experiments, magnets for plants in microgravity and more!

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity on Wednesday, June 11, of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to re...

India’s Protoplanet and Jaguar Space Partner to Explore Space Agriculture with Himalayan Crops

My round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got space chiles, Moon roses, extraterrestrial dandelions and a space garden in Venice. Plus I saw the Moon!

Edible plants are breaking out of the bed—and thriving in wild new places.

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got SPACE tomatoes in space, Moon rocks arriving in the UK and a photoshoot powered by plants!

Seven young apple trees are ready to be planted here on Earth after an exciting space mission. In November 2022, the SubOrbital Express-3 rocket launched...

Emma the Space Gardener explores the concept of Dyson Trees: plants engineered to create liveable environments inside asteroids.

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we’ve got ground-breaking experiments on NS-31, a tree for Ignis and space salads!

We were thrilled to welcome local primary school students to the Inspiring Women workshop last week. Led by P4S Engagement and Communications Officer, Dr Lieke van der Hulst, the students took part i...

Alt: This gif is a clip from the original Wombles, a British children's TV programme. The Wombles are furry bear-like creatures with long snouts. They go around recycling human's garbage. In this particular clip, once opens an umbrella and gets swept up into the sky, only to float down using a paper bag with handles as a parachute.

The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.

At the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, a special tradition has taken root: the planting of an astronaut tree. This symbolic gesture celebrates the achievements and journeys of Eur...

In-situ food production for long-duration space missions is currently reliant on crop production, with plants grown from seed serving as a...

My Top 10 Stories from the world of space plants and gardening. This week we've got plants launching on CRS-32, Interstellar’s Eden 1.0 and a seed bank in peril!

Header image: New Shepard ascending during NS-28, 22 November 2024. Image credit: Blue Origin When Katy Perry launches into space on Blue Origin’s 11th human...

Researchers have revived prehistoric algae from Baltic Sea sediment nearly 7,000 years old, offering clues about how life evolved.