The research could expand our understanding of how plants react to the stresses of space travel.
Up to 480 plant cell cultures will be kept in a special incubator that regulates temperature aboard the ISS for around 30 days. The cells will then be returned to Earth where scientists from Front Range Biosciences will examine them to see how microgravity and exposure to space radiation has affected the gene expression of the plants.
"There is science to support the theory that plants in space experience mutations. This is an opportunity to see whether those mutations hold up once brought back to earth and if there are new commercial applications," he said. Stock photo: Plant cell cultures of hemp will be sent to the ISS in 2020 as part of a scientific experiment.This is significant because as the planet's climate changes, an increasing number of plants will not be able to grow in areas where they once thrived.
The team hope that they can conduct future experiments in which astronauts will harvest and preserve plants at different points in their growth cycle.
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