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This post and podcast, and Two Maverix® Multimedia, are not, in any way, shape or form, affiliated with, nor endorsed by, NASA. (We just consider growing crops in space one of the coolest science applications we've seen!) (Image courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) When most of us garden, we don't have to deal with zero gravity. Nor do we have to think about space dust--or sunsets every ninety minutes. (Image courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) But these factors add up to interesting challenges for space scientists Dr. Gioia Massa and Matt Romeyn. As NASA Project Scientists at Kennedy Space Center, Matt and Gioia are involved in researching and developing ways to grow fresh crops aboard the International Space Station. Gioia, as we discussed in a 2018 episode, served as NASA's science team lead in developing the first fresh food production system for the ISS. This 2014 project culminated in the first edible crops aboard the ISS: red romaine lettuce, which the astrona