One giant leaf: Lettuces grown on board the International Space Station are even more nutritious than ones from Earth in major breakthrough for deep space missions

Astronauts grew a type of romaine lettuce on the International Space StationIt was grown in batches between 2014 and 2016 and took up to three monthsIt had more nutritional value…

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Was this mission personally approved by Elon Musk? SpaceX will include cannabis and coffee plants in its 20th cargo resupply trip to the ISS

SpaceX is set to haul cannabis and coffee plants to the ISS in March 2020Testing will be done to see if the plants are altered in a zero gravity environmentApproximately 480…

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