Offworld Botany: Genetically Modified, Extemely Dwarf Tomato Plants

Genetically modified, extemely dwarf tomato plants are pictured growing inside specialized research hardware, called Rhodium BioCuvettes, aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module.

The space botany experiment tests the plants ability to grow without photosynthesis and survive in confined environments in weightlessness potentially supporting crop production on spacecraft.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim photographs genetically modified, extremely dwarf tomato plants. Larger image

Astrobiology, space biology,