FRIST FLOWER BLOOMS IN SPACE SUCCESSFULLY
ScienceLovers - For the first time, a flower has bloomed in outer space.
US astronaut Scott Kelly announced the news of this historic zinnia plant has flowered in the International Space Station (ISS) via his Twitter account, along with a photo of an orange flower's petal 13.
"Flowers are first grown in space makes its debut! #SpaceFlower #zinnia #YearInSpace,"! Yes, there are other life forms in outer space ".
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| Zinnia flowers who managed to bloom in the ISS |
A NASA site that discusses this flower before it blooms wrote that zinnias chosen not because of their beauty but to "help scientists understand how plants grow and bloom in micro-gravity".
In late December, Mr. Kelly tweeted a photo of zinnias looked sad, the leaves are curled da moldy. "Our plants are not too good. It would be a problem [for human colonies] on Mars," he said.
Other crops, such as lettuce and wheat, have grown in space but never flowers.
"Zinnia plants are very different from lettuce," Trent Smith, project manager facilities "Veggie" ISS. "This flower is more sensitive to environmental parameters and characteristics of the light. It has a long duration of growth between 60 and 80 days.
"So, it is more difficult to grow crops, and allowing for flowering, together with a duration of growth again, make a good precursor for tomato plants."
In addition to helping scientists figure out how the growth of useful plants in space, it is estimated the presence of this flower will raise morale among the crew.
