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21.08.2023 - 11:41 / theunconventionalgardener.com / Emma Doughty
Plant RNA Regulation Redux in MVP (MVP-Plant-01) profiles and monitors shoot and root development in plants in microgravity, in order to understand the molecular mechanisms and regulatory networks behind how plants sense and adapt to changes in their environment. This understanding could contribute to the design of plants better able to withstand adverse environmental conditions, including long-duration spaceflight.
Principal Investigator: Dr Imara Perera, North Carolina State University Plant Species: Arabidopsis thaliana. Delivered to the ISS in December 2021, on SpaceX CRS-24. Hardware: Multi-use Variable-g Platform. Arrived on the ISS in May 2018, on SpaceX CRS-14.
Space Station Logs:
27th December 2021: Nutrients were provided into Plant-01 Petri Dishes and then dishes were installed into the twelve Experiment Module. The Experiment Modules were then installed into the Multi-use Variable-g Platform facility.
11th January 2022: The crew removed the experiment petri dishes from the 12 experiment modules and placed them in MELFI to be frozen for return to the ground.
9th February 2022: Following the completion of the second MVP-Plant-01 science run, the Experiment Modules were removed and prepared for return to the ground for analysis. The ground team has reported that based on internal MVP camera views, they believe none of the plants germinated.
16th February 2022: MVP-Plant-01 Bonus Science. As an extension of the MVP-Plant-01 experiment, three Petri plates containing 12 seeds each and appropriate growth media were placed on top of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) airlock. Difficulty in germinating the seeds was encountered in the two nominal runs for the experiment, and this bonus experiment will be used to gather
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