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Space gardening, for science! 🥬 Growing food in space feeds our cosmic explorers but also teaches us the mechanisms plants use to survive in stressful environments. Learning to live and work in space aboard the space station 24/7/365 for more than 22 years has led us to new technologies and new questions. Benefit 5: What we’re discovering aboard station allows humankind to challenge itself to move forward and explore new frontiers even deeper into space, while also helping back on Earth. For example, the increase of core body temperature during exercise on station lead to the development of a device now used to monitor infant incubators, patients during surgery, and fatigue in firefighters. Technology developments like clothing that can monitor the body’s vital signs originated on station and can be used for athletes, patients, and workers back on Earth. Living and working in space dares humankind to build technology faster, use tools differently, and even grow food in new ways. Want more? Check out the 2022 Benefits for Humanity Publication at nasa.gov/stationbenefits #SpaceStation #NASA #ESA #SpaceExploration #international #research #science #technology #stem #microgravity #plants #veggies #astronaut #exploration #agriculture #gardening #iss