Presidential Management Fellow Ruth Siboni talks with Jefferson Academy (middle school) students about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) test station "Veggie #1" is on display during the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Harvest Festival on Friday, October 30, 2015, in Washington, The festival celebrates the end of the 2015-growing season in the People’s Garden, at the USDA Farmers Market. Two weeks ago, some of the students planted from the same batch of red leaf lettuce seeds growing aboard the International Space Station (ISS), The growing station
Presidential Management Fellow Ruth Siboni talks with Jefferson Academy (middle school) students about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) test station "Veggie #1" is on display during the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Harvest Festival on Friday, October 30, 2015, in Washington, The festival celebrates the end of the 2015-growing season in the People’s Garden, at the USDA Farmers Market. Two weeks ago, some of the students planted from the same batch of red leaf lettuce seeds growing aboard the International Space Station (ISS), The growing station controls the wavelength (color) of light and its (brightness) intensity. The base provides watering from below the plant. It's sister unit "Veggie #01" is in orbit aboard the ISS. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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