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An Antarctic Greenhouse EDEN-ISS MTF shipped to Neumayer III station for testing under extreme conditions

Rome, Italy - Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio are partner in the international project to provide food for humans in space

The Mobile Test Facility (MTF) for the production of food and resources in a closed environment, part of the EDEN ISS project, has been shipped to the Neumayer III Antarctic station. It will be used to test plant cultivation under extreme conditions, to support the development of spaceflight-ready systems and technologies for controlled-plant growth in space and on the International Space Station (ISS). The...

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Rome, Italy, 10/10/2017 13:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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