Human Life Research on ISS Russian Segment
Rastenia-2 Experiment
Objective:
Researches aimed at solving the problems of fundamental biology and problems of optimization of plants cultivation
modes for future greenhouses as part of advanced space life support system.
Tasks:
- Mounting and preparation of equipment for experiment performance.
- Study of specific features of water-air mode of the Lada greenhouse vegetation vessel in space flight conditions
- Study of plants cultivation technology ("Mizuna" lettuce, "Micro-Tom" dwarfish tomatoes, dwarfish (red) pea) as applied to standard greenhouse devices
- Study of the impact of space flight factors on the growth and evolution of plants which can be potentially used in space vitamin greenhouses
- Study of germination and viability of plants
- Study of phenology of plant evolution
- Study of reproductive property of plants and production of the second generation of space seeds
- Study of chemical composition of plants and seeds grown in zero-g conditions to define the content of nitrocompounds in vegetable biomass
- Determination of ethylene concentration in the ISS RS atmosphere
Science Hardware Used:
- - Lada greenhouse consisting of:
- Control unit;
- Lighting unit;
- Leaf chamber;
- Root module;
- Water canister.
Being a module-type system, the Lada greenhouse ensures maximum flexibility, its dimensions are
decreased by four times as compared to the Svet similar greenhouse used on board the Mir OC.
- Accessories Kit.
Flight Equipment Used:
- Water canister
- SVO-3V receiving device
- Video camera SONY DVCam
for video recording of the process of crew operation
with the greenhouse.
Consumables:
- Rasteniya Kit to return plant samples to the ground
- Video tape
Expected Results:
Assessment of productive properties of leaf vegetable plants in zero-gravity conditions and verification
of land treatment to extend the closed ecological life support system techniques to spacecraft.
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