Establishing baselines for prebiotic production in controlled environments for applications in space and vertical farming [PDF]
HeliyonPrebiotics might contribute to astronauts' health in space, yet their production in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) remains largely unexplored.
Alberto Battistelli +9 more
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Superfood potential of Chlorella vulgaris: productivity and antioxidant boost under simulated moon and microgravity conditions [PDF]
npj MicrogravityAs space missions extend to the Moon and beyond, Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) are vital for food, oxygen, and resource recycling in closed habitats. We examined the physiological, biochemical, and lipidomic responses of Chlorella vulgaris (
Giacomo Fais +8 more
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Beyond Earth: Harnessing Marine Resources for Sustainable Space Colonization [PDF]
Marine DrugsThe quest for sustainable space exploration and colonization is a challenge in its infancy, which faces scarcity of resources and an inhospitable environment. In recent years, advancements in space biotechnology have emerged as potential solutions to the
Marco F. L. Lemos
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Post-harvest cleaning, sanitization, and microbial monitoring of soilless nutrient delivery systems for sustainable space crop production [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceBioregenerative food systems that routinely produce fresh, safe-to-eat crops onboard spacecraft can supplement the nutrition and variety of shelf-stable spaceflight food systems for use during future exploration missions (i.e., low earth orbit, Mars ...
Aaron B. Curry +8 more
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BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN THE SPACE (BLSS): THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON PLANTS
Annales Kinesiologiae, 2012 The growth of plants in Space is a fundamental issue for Space exploration. Plants play an important role in the Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) to sustain human permanence in extraterrestrial environments.
Carmen Arena +2 more
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Supplementing Closed Ecological Life Support Systems with In-Situ Resources on the Moon
Life, 2021 In this review, I explore a broad-based view of technologies for supporting human activities on the Moon and, where appropriate, Mars. Primarily, I assess the state of life support systems technology beginning with physicochemical processes, waste ...
Alex Ellery
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Utilization of potatoes in bioregenerative life support systems [PDF]
Advances in Space Research, 1987 Data on the tuberization, harvest index, and morphology of 2 cvs of white potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown at 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28 degrees C, 250, 400 and 550 micromoles s-1 m-2 photosynthetic photon flux (PPF), 350, 1000 and 1600 microliters l-1 CO2 will be presented.
T W, Tibbitts, R M, Wheeler
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Supplemental Food Production With Plants: A Review of NASA Research
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 Bioregenerative life-support systems for space have been investigated for 60 years, and plants and other photosynthetic organisms are central to this concept for their ability to produce food and O2, remove CO2, and help recycle wastewater.
Christina M. Johnson +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 There are medical treatment vulnerabilities in longer-duration space missions present in the current International Space Station crew health care system with risks, arising from spaceflight-accelerated pharmaceutical degradation and resupply lag times ...
Matthew J. McNulty +17 more
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Heliyon, 2023 The earthworms beneficial effects on soils may be promising to improve lunar soil fertility, enabling the use of local substrates for space farming. Herein, we investigated the effects of the lunar regolith simulant (LHS-1) at different concentrations in
Donato Romano +3 more
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