NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS

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NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS, which uses the station’s Veggie facility to test liquid- and air-based techniques to grow plants rather than traditional growth media. These techniques could enable production of crops on a larger scale for future space exploration.

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