LED Lights Used in Plant Growth Experiments

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ScienceDaily (Sep. 11, 2012) — What kind of food will astronauts eat and what is the best way to grow it during deep space exploration missions? A group of plant biologists is seeking the answers as it works on one of NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Habitation Projects at Kennedy Space Center's Space Life Sciences Laboratory.

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And here is the original NASA article.



While this article deals with food plants for long-term space travel, it is worth checking out as the use of LEDs and their support of aquarium plants is a pretty common question here on Caudata.org.

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