Russian cosmonauts will try to grow Chinese cabbage as part of the Vitacycle-T experiment: plant
The main feature of the experiment is the volume of grown greens: it will be enough both to feed the astronauts and to study its properties already on Earth in the laboratory.
The Vitacycle-T experiment is the creationa greenhouse that allows you to grow plants on an industrial scale. At certain intervals, the astronaut places a strip of seeds in the greenhouse. Then he spins the drum, and after some time lays the next strip. Every certain period of time, the astronaut can harvest.
Yuri Smirnov, head of the laboratory for the development and implementation of medical and biological programs at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Some of the plants will be sent to Earth for research. In addition, cabbage will appear in the diet of astronauts.
In the future, as part of the experiment, it is planned to plant cereals, legumes and dwarf tomatoes.
Peking cabbage will be grown by the forces of the module"Science", which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 21. After the commissioning of MLM, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for the arrangement of workplaces and storage of goods, the placement of equipment for the regeneration of water and oxygen.
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