2026-10-24T05:04:45Z https://nostr.now Emma the Space Gardener 🌿🚀 https://nostr.now/npub107fesztkv7s545xg3xemvpymrslfmyhxdnp8v6mr2x0kqeehpfwsa0lplf https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/accounts/avatars/109/308/751/051/685/561/original/fcebd56be64fbc6f.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/accounts/avatars/109/308/751/051/685/561/original/fcebd56be64fbc6f.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvknc4wxpksw7ezh7rc7q4602amn8y9egqrkcl3k0929jxcdxnn0gzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996sqrl06 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!<br/><br/><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-3-september-2026/">https://spacebotany.uk/blog/mission-report-3-september-2026/</a><br/><br/>#SpacePlants #astrobotany #SpaceFood 2026-09-04T08:04:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf6kms4wjz3tn5em4qk95hjauppgt98l9up0jv7slpz0d88j6zh9qzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9960et8g3 Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251125-the-mysterious-black-fungus-from-chernobyl-that-appears-to-eat-radiation">https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251125-the-mysterious-black-fungus-from-chernobyl-that-appears-to-eat-radiation</a><br/><br/>#astrobiology #Chernobyl #fungi 2025-11-28T10:18:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9l2s458u7jln5n0sp736r5lecz9ll5ds73lweewn7a7jjwjcgq6qzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996ra47r9 School pupils are trying to track down a teddy bear sent into the upper atmosphere for a science experiment.<br/><br/>Bradfield Bear was launched on a high-altitude weather balloon from Lymington, Hampshire, two weeks ago by Year 7 and 8 students at Walhampton School &amp; the Southampton University Spaceflight Society.<br/><br/>The little bear reached the stratosphere but then broke off from the balloon, and it is believed to have landed somewhere near Henley-on-Thames or Reading.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrk54n9qz4o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrk54n9qz4o</a> 2025-11-24T14:41:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxwsx443nsvte7s6tv7ge6zj66hfql7apm6e7rwc02s37qtz9uwaszyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9960mx2dx On the space moss story, I have seen inaccurate headlines ranging from &#34;Moss grows in space&#34; through to &#34;Moss spores fail to survive space exposure, casting doubt on their use in space exploration&#34;.<br/><br/>So, with a slight air of exasperation, I have written my own article:<br/><br/><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/moss-survives-space-media-loses-plot/">https://spacebotany.uk/blog/moss-survives-space-media-loses-plot/</a><br/><br/>#astrobotany #SpacePlants #mosstodon 2025-11-22T14:34:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jc6vnzs7rlr7kkvatyhangw9cqheuwh889xhc8vvr2etn8uhztqzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9962w9jue I look at what&#39;s happening in the world, and feel like there&#39;s not much I can do.<br/><br/>But I can do this, so I am starting a series of posts on women in astrobotany. I&#39;ll add to it whenever I can.<br/><br/>This photo, taken on 10 March 2017, shows Dr Anna-Lisa Paul of the Florida Space Plants Lab working on the Advanced Plant Experiment-4 (APEX-4) in the Telescience Support Center at NASA Glenn. More details on the website.<br/><br/><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/blog/wis-anna-lisa-paul-with-apex-4/">https://spacebotany.uk/blog/wis-anna-lisa-paul-with-apex-4/</a><br/><br/>#WomenInSTEM<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/114/001/165/902/962/060/original/208b2ebef5b4f9f1.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-14T07:56:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgdxr47uwxnlum3jn5fayfj7828u0c76lajp3u5yzmt6gp62hah0szyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9960xky75 India&#39;s upcoming POEMS-4 mission will launch two plant experiments into orbit.<br/><br/>#astrobotany #SpacePlants #ISRO <br/><br/><a href="https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/plants-launching-on-indias-poem-4-mission/">https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/plants-launching-on-indias-poem-4-mission/</a> 2024-12-23T09:47:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9pw0vdm20n8l8raw2av8u2fqmvp6a6hsxtarqvpn5uefh3twkppszyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9968djkc0 This week on the blog, I&#39;ve got the story of some Swedish seaweed shoots (try saying that 3 times quickly!) that went into space, and the unusual reason why. (For one it has nothing to do with life support!)<br/><br/>#astrobotany #SpacePlants<br/><br/><a href="https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/swedish-seaweed-shoots-into-space/">https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/swedish-seaweed-shoots-into-space/</a> 2024-12-03T09:59:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs98ha7cnc2zqenhf5k3ugu4ms394az2vqhrsnqpfa0rkztrf8mpmgzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996yj8jq7 Ooh, this is cool.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2024/11/Space_Rider_drone_inspection">https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2024/11/Space_Rider_drone_inspection</a> 2024-11-26T15:44:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstfps2jxwg7ajae30xgxrz02uj0kjgmayqg8yedx3pvmjgzk9dpuczyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996dfzvyx Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa&#39;s east coast to relay communications for British forces.<br/><br/>When the spacecraft ceased working a few years later, gravity might have been expected to pull it even further to the east, out over the Indian Ocean.<br/><br/>But today, curiously, Skynet-1A is actually half a planet away, in a position 22,369 miles (36,000km) above the Americas.<br/><br/>#SpaceDebris <br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwrr58801yo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwrr58801yo</a> 2024-11-09T04:11:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfy38vraz9f9qfvvf30jq5u8tug0jk9xhe0rzl3p0prc0rduuc4nqzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996ft8v67 Today, already, I have learned that:<br/><br/>🌲 The Russian Luna 2 spacecraft that impacted the Moon used balsa wood as an impact absorption technique.<br/>🌲 WISA WOODSAT is a CubeSat made from birch plywood. Had it launched as planned in 2022, it would have been the world&#39;s first wooden satellite.<br/>📏 There are satellites (including WISA WOODSAT) that use metal tape measures as antennas!<br/><br/>Mind blown, and I haven&#39;t even had my breakfast yet!<br/><br/>#space #satellites #wood 2024-11-08T07:06:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszw7a0auxq3zme0rd63p98uuu6cx70u7acln4eg04dsjnfxzmdszgzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu9967lshxs The world&#39;s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, is heading to the ISS in an early test for using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. <br/><br/>LignoSat, developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, launched on SpaceX CRS-31 and will be released to orbit about 400 km (250 miles) above the earth in the coming weeks.<br/><br/>#SpaceDebris #astrobotany #CubeSat #SpacePlants <br/><br/><a href="https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/from-forest-to-orbit-worlds-first-wooden-satellite-launched-for-space-durability-testing/">https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/from-forest-to-orbit-worlds-first-wooden-satellite-launched-for-space-durability-testing/</a> 2024-11-05T09:59:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdv47gya6c7ettyxw5rgj8xvh28kfkca74qmg93fkgrth7h2egzpczyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996ufyvrx Just in time for Halloween, the latest edition of the Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report has cockroaches in space, upcoming astrobotany experiments, a Plants For Space media day and a Selenar Fungi update.<br/><br/>My free weekly newsletter covers topics related to growing plants in space, and you can read online or subscribe to have it delivered directly to your inbox.<br/><br/><a href="https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-d8a">https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-d8a</a><br/><br/>#SpacePlants #astrobotany #gardening #botany #ethnobotany 2024-10-30T11:59:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0wf79cj9l8vzkurwzm34yu7m46cne0y65veuv6dhluxnqgflsalszyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996f4v5qm In 2025, SCAMPI - a student-led project at The Spring Institute for Forests on the Moon - will send Hawaiian red shrimp, macroalgae, and microbes to the International Space Station (ISS) in a self-sustaining ecosphere to better understand how aquatic ecosystems behave in microgravity.<br/><br/>As manufacturing and testing are not cheap - they need our help!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-scampi-help-us-send-shrimp-to-space">https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-scampi-help-us-send-shrimp-to-space</a> 2024-10-15T08:52:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdapwahk6kj3waj2gds9py9dy55a64sk3tzz2n798a608c58wjhlszyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996r4hm6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3w5pqaavkrdfgykugfsvpd8zf4u9n4cv4n47yal04pahzve6rag5mvj99'>nevent1q…vj99</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Itsy witsy, teeny weeny SPACE tomatoes<br/><br/>😂<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/113/074/265/048/190/172/original/1e8d45e72c4b75d1.png"> <br/> 2024-09-03T15:13:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs240ktpxm068s3ueyykr8qh39apcp8quv9ymctf7kxw9j2783hmmczyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996g5ysfl Want to know about the plants flying on Polaris Dawn, the new astronaut astrobotanist, and teeny weeny space tomatoes? Read the Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report, a free weekly newsletter covering topics related to growing plants in space.<br/><br/>You can read online or subscribe to have it delivered directly to your inbox.<br/><br/><a href="https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-067">https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-067</a><br/><br/>#SpacePlants #astrobotany #gardening #botany #ethnobotany 2024-09-03T14:52:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy02ezqmz6kmw8q6xrm3qshu9hrg4mlw6v7ppacwpaqpjzf64rqegzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996xw229f Can I tell you a little secret about my Gardeners of the Galaxy newsletter?<br/><br/>Yes, it&#39;s about astrobotany - growing plants in space. But it also has general space news, and some really cool Earth botany/ethnobotany as well!<br/><br/>Subscribe now if you want today&#39;s edition to hit your inbox later on: <a href="https://emmadoughty.substack.com">https://emmadoughty.substack.com</a><br/><br/>#SpacePlants #astrobotany #gardening #botany #ethnobotany #space 2024-08-20T09:05:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg9p037qu3ews8fvsktpvllmusj3epdlae5el5t836h4uy48xcx7qzyple8xqfwen6zjksezym8dsynvwra8vjuekvyantvdge7cr8xu996h3690d APEX-09 is on its way to the ISS on NG-21, which just launched.<br/><br/>This latest experiments in the Advanced Plant EXperiments (APEX) series will grow two different grasses in the Veggie growing system, to compare their different styles (C3/C4) of photosynthesis in microgravity.<br/><br/>More on the blog tomorrow. 2024-08-04T15:37:59Z