I was born here, but my parents were not.They flew on a Dragon, believe it, or not. They talked of a land I have never...

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 waste!

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.

Australian schoolkids will be exploring how white clover seeds were changed by a trip to 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 mark National Science Week, the Plants for Space (P4S) team has published a free 'space' cookbook inspired by space plants research.

My latest round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening incudes French space gardeners, Indian zero-g veg, Chinese space cranberries and a bumper crop in Antarctica!

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.

Turkish researchers have used pioneer plants to make regolith better for growing crops.

Seeds from South Africa's rooibos tea plant will head to the International Space Station this October.

For 70 years, spaceflight has assumed a rigid archetype: a healthy white man with a military background. The assumption was that physical uniformity minimised risk. As we prepare for Mars, the evidence increasingly suggests the opposite.

The Spring Institute for Forests on the Moon sent prairie seeds into space as a message of hope.

A recent study suggests that Martian regolith is the biggest barrier to growing crops on Mars.

Watch French astronaut Sophie Adenot working with alfalfa plants growing in Veggie for the Veg-06 experiment.

My latest round-up of stories from the world of space plants and gardening incudes Beam Sabers, a poop-to-plant-food machine, tough space moss and more!

In 2011, someone took a photo of a 'NASA astronaut' in a maize maze.

An upcoming mission will send hundreds of grape seeds to the International Space Station.

Interstellar Lab has officially unveiled Little Prince - their mission to send a flowering rose to the Moon.

European researchers have tested how chia microgreens respond to heavy-ion radiation that mimics the galactic cosmic rays encountered in deep space.

Starbase Brewing is a step closer to brewing beer on Mars after sending brewing yeast, seeds and other samples skyward on the SpaceX Starfall Demo.

Proyecto Estratósfera is a series of Peruvian experiments sending seeds and other payloads into the stratosphere, where they are exposed to Martian-like conditions.

Russia seems to be between space greenhouses, for the moment.

The Kumanday mission achieved a world record by releasing seeds bombs from the stratosphere.

My latest round-up of news from the world of space plants and astrobotany includes wild strawberries headed for the ISS, plants growing space medicines, Indian space cowpeas and fungi for Mars farming.

A collaboration between researchers in Chile and Australia is helping to develop crops that will thrive in space - and on our changing planet.

Lichens are tough enough to survive 18 months in space, and researchers are engineering them to produce useful chemicals.

Recent research suggests that compost will be the key to growing potatoes in lunar soil.

An experiment launched on China's Shenzhou-23 mission aims to grow two consecutive generations of rice seeds in orbit.

The Advanced Plant Habitat is returning to Earth, after nearly 10 years in space.

Three recent Ohio University graduates have designed a plant biology experiment that launched watercress to the International Space Station on CRS-34.

A new research facility designed to simulate the conditions of space habitats has opened in Switzerland.

The seeds of my idea to document all of the Tomatosphere missions have finally borne fruit.

Human excrement composting (HEC) is a sustainable approach to sanitation and soil health, and could help to grow food on the Moon or Mars.

Header image: NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s solar panel and the lander’s Robotic Arm with a sample in the scoop. The image was taken just before...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared some more photos of ‘Spudnik’, the potato he grew during his most recent mission to the International Space Station. The latest photos show how microgravity is affecting the plant’s growth.

Header image: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams took a moment to capture the occasion as they...

Quinoa seeds from Argentina will soon blast off on a mission to explore how plant material responds to spaceflight.

Could oysters filter water and feed astronauts, as part of future biological life support systems?

Canadian tree seeds are taking a trip round the Moon on Artemis II.

China is celebrating 10 years of space gardening.

Don Pettit has released some details of his latest unorthodox space plants experiment - and it's spudtacular!

Mycelium threads spreading through substrate – not the lunar surface, though it could pass for one. Image credit: E Doughty A product originally designed to...

Even tough little tardigrades struggle to live on Martian regolith - a quick wash could make it much more hospitable.

Plants grown in space from Hungarian seeds have made their way back to Debrecen University for analysis.

Header image: The ‘Myles’ variety of chickpea was chosen for this study as its compact size and resiliency support crop production in space-limited mission environments....

Header image: This screenshot, captured from a video report released by China Media Group (CMG) on 18 February 2026, shows the crew of the Shenzhou...