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March 20, 2024
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Plants under study by photosynthesis
Prepared by: Mustafa Al-Zoubi
NASA and its international partners are sending science missions to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply services mission, including testing sea ice monitoring technologies, automating 3D mapping, and creating nanoparticle solar cells on board the spacecraft. Dragon cargo ship belonging to the company from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Thursday, March 21.
In addition to studying how microgravity affects the mechanisms by which two types of grasses, known as C3 and C4, capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and studying photosynthesis to use plants in renewable life support systems, to provide food, and contribute to the well-being of astronauts on space exploration missions. Abyssal future.
“Plants respond to stressful conditions based on their genetic and environmental makeup,” said Popodo Handakumpura, principal investigator at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “We aim to uncover the molecular changes that occur in plants exposed to the stresses of spaceflight and develop an understanding of the mechanisms of photosynthesis in space. The results demonstrate these responses.” Plants for stressful environments, and are useful in designing systems to support biological regeneration in future missions, in addition to plant growth systems on Earth.”
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