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For release: 11/01/2002
 Photo release #: 02-278

Researchers study first-ever soybean harvest from International Space Station

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Soybeans growing in the Advanced Astroculture plant growth chamber on the International Space Station undergo inspection on July 10, 2002. The soybeans plants and beans were dried and returned to Earth by Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-112 mission in October. The soybean experiment is managed by NASA's Space Product Development Program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The program helps industry perform commercial research in space. (NASA/JSC)

 

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Space Station Science Officer Peggy Whitson's face is reflected in the open cover of the Advanced Astroculture plant growth chamber as she inspects soybean plants growing inside on July 10, 2002. Whitson dried out the plants and beans, and the Space Shuttle Atlantis returned them to Earth in October. Researchers are studying the first-ever soybean crop grown on the International Space Station to determine if soybeans grown in space have unique, desirable traits. Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a DuPont subsidiary with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, is the industrial sponsor for the experiment. To fly and analyze the beans, the company is working with the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics located at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The Wisconsin center is one of 15 NASA Commercial Space Centers managed by NASA's Space Product Development Program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (NASA/JSC)

 

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Last May, scientists Bruce Link, left, and Guillermo Tellez, right, prepared soybean seeds to be sent to the International Space Station. While on board the Station for 97 days, the soybean seeds germinated, developed into plants, flowered, and produced new seedpods in space. This October, the Space Shuttle Atlantis returned home with a harvest of the first-ever soybean crop grown aboard the orbiting laboratory. Now, the plants and beans are being studied by a research team from Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. — a DuPont subsidiary with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, and the company that sponsored this commercial research — and the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The plants are examined by Pioneer scientist Dr. Tom Corbin, right, and Dr. Weijia Zhou — the director of the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics. The Wisconsin center is one of 15 NASA Commercial Space Centers managed by the Space Product Development Program at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Dupont)

 

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