Just over a week ago I spent a couple of hours at the Eden Project, so I thought I would show you some of the more unusual edible plants I came across while I was there.
EDEN LUNA Takes Root in Cologne
21.08.2023 - 11:38 / theunconventionalgardener.com / Emma Doughty
Remember EDEN ISS? It was a greenhouse built inside a shipping container that spent several years in Antarctica. The idea was to help develop controlled environment agriculture technologies for use in hostile environments on Earth, the International Space Station (ISS), and future spacecraft and Moon/Mars bases.
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At the end of 2022, after five years in Antarctica, EDEN ISS said goodbye to the frozen continent and began the slow journey back home to Germany. There it would be refitted to take on a new challenge – but what?
Well, it turns out that EDEN ISS is undergoing a makeover and will re-emerge as EDEN LUNA! It will become part of the LUNA Moon analogue simulation facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne, which will be used for research and astronaut training.
EDEN LUNA will focus on optimising the nutrient delivery system, including the Combined Regenerative Organic food Production (CROP) system. In addition, a new robotic arm will automate operational cycles, including data analysis and failure detection.
Wanna know more about the CROP system? Listen to Gardeners of the Galaxy episode 49:
LUNA will be jointly operated by the DLR team and the European Space Agency (ESA), and is expected to open later this year. It’s designed to “support the development, testing and simulation of new tools and equipment as well as new operational concepts for future human missions to the Moon and later to Mars.”
Inside the facility, analog astronauts will find a 750m2 regolith area, 60cm deep, with built-in drill test areas. It will also have a suspension unit designed to suspend astronauts and
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21.08.2023 / 11:51
Growing food in the Antarctic
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21.08.2023 / 11:45
Virtual Visit: Eden Project
As we’re all stuck at home for the moment, I thought it would be nice to take some virtual tours of lovely places. It might lift our spirits momentarily, and give you some ideas of new places to visit when we are free to wander once more. It’s no secret that the Eden Project is one of my favourite places. I try and make an annual pilgrimage there. Our most recent visit was in February; some of these images are from October 2019.
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21.08.2023 / 11:41
Extreme Gardening: EDEN ISS
Weathering the worst of an Antarctic winter, a shipping container may hold the key to feeding astronauts in space. The EDEN ISS greenhouse was shipped to the German Neumayer Station III Antarctic station in 2017. It sits on extendable stilts to cope with the snow accumulating underneath. On a clear day, the views are breathtaking. At other times, the crew need a rope guideline to find their way from the greenhouse to the station. During the worst blizzards, EDEN ISS is fully monitored and operated from the control centre at the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Germany.
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21.08.2023 / 11:41
NASA Plant Scientist Harvests Success in Antarctica
Header image: The German Neumayer III Station in Antarctica. Credits: NASA/Jess Bunchek
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21.08.2023 / 11:37
Turkey will take Antarctic algae to space
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