Scientists Are Engineering "Moon Rice" for Space Missions That Could Also Feed Earth’s Harshest Habitats

Scientists Are Engineering "Moon Rice" for Space Missions That Could Also Feed Earth’s Harshest Habitats

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Lunar Astronauts Could Eat "Moon Rice"

If we can learn to grow our own food in space, it'll make surviving off Earth less challenging. While plants do grow in space, some genetic improvements are in order. Researchers have unveiled "Moon rice," a genetically manipulated strain of rice that grows much shorter than even dwarf varieties of rice and could be grown reliably in space. They're also simulating microgravity, constantly rotating the rice in all directions to see how it respond…

Space rice is real: Tiny super crop will feed astronauts in space

Modern space exploration relies heavily on resupplies of food from Earth, but this tends to be largely pre-prepared meals that rarely contain fresh ingredients.

Moon-Rice Could Soon Sprout in Space, Adding a Fresh Ingredient to Astronauts' Diets

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

Moon-Rice: Developing the perfect crop for space-bases - Scientific Inquirer

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to create an ideal future food crop that can be grown in future deep-space outposts, as well as in extreme environments back on Earth. Modern space exploration relies heavily on resupplies of food from Earth, but this tends to be largely pre-prepared m…