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Colombian Team Grows Edible Mushrooms With a System Built for Space

Colombian Team Grows Edible Mushrooms With a System Built for Space

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A Colombian team grew edible mushrooms using organic solar cells and an automated system designed for use in space.

A Colombian team grew edible mushrooms using organic solar cells and an automated system designed for use in space.

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Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

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vitamin D

vitamin D

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Culinary Mushrooms in Outer Space

Culinary Mushrooms in Outer Space

Daniela Osorio "Dani" Payán, an analog astronaut and Mechatronics Engineering student at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia, and her team at the European Space Agency effectively grew a strain of Colombian mushrooms with organic solar cells and an automated system that can be used in space. Mushrooms are a rich source of Vitamin D and the team hopes that future astronauts will be able to grow and eat their own space-grown mushrooms.

Daniela Osorio "Dani" Payán, an analog astronaut and Mechatronics Engineering student at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia, and her team at the European Space Agency effectively grew a strain of Colombian mushrooms with organic solar cells and an automated system that can be used in space. Mushrooms are a rich source of Vitamin D and the team hopes that future astronauts will be able to grow and eat their own space-grown mushrooms.

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