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NASA image: XROOTS
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Oct 9, 2022

XROOTS

View of the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS). The plant being grown is presumably a tomato plant.

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NASA image: PRO Imagery Submittal - XROOTS
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Feb 12, 2021

PRO Imagery Submittal - XROOTS

jsc2021e037285 (2/12/2021) --- A preflight view of the XROOTS hardware. The eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System...

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NASA image: eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS)
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Oct 11, 2022

eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS)

iss068e015480 (Oct. 11, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is photographed...

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NASA image: XROOTS Status check
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Oct 25, 2022

XROOTS Status check

iss068e018681 (Oct. 25, 2022) --- View of tomatoes growing in the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS)...

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NASA image: eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS)
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Oct 21, 2022

eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS)

iss068e017824 (Oct. 21, 2022) --- Astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace...

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NASA image: The Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes
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Dec 14, 2023

The Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes

Two rogue tomatoes have been recovered nearly a year after astronaut Frank Rubio accidentally lost track of them...

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NASA image: iss067e149651 - Hydroponic and aeroponic plant investigation on ISS
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Jun 24, 2022

iss067e149651 - Hydroponic and aeroponic plant investigation on ISS

iss067e149651 (June 24, 2022) --- NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines work on XROOTS, which used the...

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NASA image: iss070e036527
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Dec 2, 2023

iss070e036527

iss070e036527 (Dec. 2, 2023) --- In 2022, astronaut Frank Rubio accidentally lost track of two tomatoes that had...

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NASA image: iss068e017257
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Oct 14, 2022

iss068e017257

iss068e017257 (Oct. 14, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio checks tomato plants...

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NASA image: Space to Ground: Flying Turtles: 09/23/2022
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Sep 22, 2022

Space to Ground: Flying Turtles: 09/23/2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA image: NASA ScienceCasts: Station Science 101 - Advancing Plant Science with Space Gardens
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Jun 11, 2024

NASA ScienceCasts: Station Science 101 - Advancing Plant Science with Space Gardens

Gardens growing on the International Space Station are leading to groundbreaking research and offering astronauts a...

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NASA image: Space to Ground: Targeting Cancer Cells: 02/18/2022
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Feb 17, 2022

Space to Ground: Targeting Cancer Cells: 02/18/2022

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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