| Year |
Species |
Principal Investigator |
Organization |
Title |
Mission |
Hardware |
Gene Expression? |
| 2030 |
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| 1995 |
Hemerocallis cv. Autumn Blaze (daylily) |
|
|
|
STS-70 |
BRIC-05 |
|
| 2010 |
Arabidopsis |
Anna-Lisa Paul |
University of Florida |
|
STS-131 |
1007 |
Yes |
| 1998 |
wheat |
|
|
2nd wheat study |
|
Greenhouse 1 |
|
| 2021 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
|
|
Advanced Plant Experiment-07 (APEX-07) |
|
|
|
| 2023 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
|
|
Advanced Plant EXperiment-08 (APEX-08) |
SpX-23 |
|
|
| 1999 |
Arabidopsis |
Anna-Lisa Paul |
University of Florida |
Arabidopsis gene expression patterns are altered during spaceflight |
|
|
Yes |
| 1982 |
Avena sativa (Oat Root Seedlings) |
R.D. Slocum |
Yale University |
Cytological and Ultrastructural Studies on Root Tissues |
STS-3 |
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
|
| 2003 |
Fern spores |
Roux, S |
|
Early development of fern gametophytes in microgravity. |
|
|
Yes |
| 2020 |
Tomato |
Ye Zhang, Ph.D |
NASA Kennedy Space Center |
Effect of Long Duration Space Exposure on Seeds |
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) |
|
No |
| 2023 |
Tomato |
|
|
Effect of Spaceflight and Simulated Microgravity on Plant Defense Responses (Plant Habitat-06) |
SpaceX-29 Commercial Resupply Service |
Advanced Plant Habitat |
|
| 2025 |
Arabidopsis |
Anna Lisa Paul |
University of Florida |
Epigenetic Adaptation to the Spaceflight Environment – Accumulated Genomic Change Induced by Generations in Space (Plant Habitat-03) |
|
Advanced Plant Habitat |
Yes |
| 2017 |
Arabidopsis |
Anna-Lisa Paul |
University of Florida |
Epigenetic change in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to spaceflight - differential cytosine DNA methylation of plants on the ISS (APEX-04) - 06.13.18 |
|
Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) |
Yes |
| 2019 |
Arabidopsis |
Alexander J. Stimpson |
University of Florida |
Extraction and labeling methods for microarrays using small nts of plant tissue to a Novel Environment |
|
|
Yes |
| 2008 |
|
Salmi, M. |
|
Gene expression changes induced by space flight in single-cells of the fern. |
|
|
Yes |
| 2008 |
Lentil roots |
Dominique Driss‐Ecole |
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Site d |
Gravisensitivity and automorphogenesis of lentil seedling roots grown on board the International Space Station |
|
|
No |
| 1995 |
Wheat |
|
Russian space program, Utah State Univer |
Growing Super-Dwarf wheat in Space Station Mir |
|
|
Yes |
| 2016 |
Cucumber roots |
Hideyuki Takahashi |
JAXA (Tohoku University) |
Hydrotropism and Auxin-Inducible Gene expression in Roots Grown Under Microgravity Conditions (HydroTropi) |
|
|
Yes |
| 2005 |
Tomato seeds |
Lu Jinying |
Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS |
Influence of long term exposure to space flight on tomato seeds |
|
|
No |
| 1982 |
Vigna radiata (Mung Bean Root Seedlings) |
G. C. Jahns |
National Aeronautics and Space Administr |
Interactions of light and gravity on growth, orientation, and lignin biosynthesis in mung beans |
STS-3 |
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
No |
| 1982 |
Avena sativa (Oat Root Seedlings) |
A.D. Krikorian |
State University of New York |
Karyological Observations in Developing Root Seedlings |
STS-3 |
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
|
| 2024 |
Green Chile |
Matthew W. Romeyn |
|
Microgravity Growth of New Mexico Hatch Green Chile as a Technical Display of Advanced Plant Habitat’s Capabilities (Plant Habitat-04) |
|
Advanced Plant Habitat |
|
| 2018 |
Arabidopsis |
Norman Lewis |
Washington State University |
PH-01: An Integrated Omics Guided Approach to Lignification and Gravitational Responses: The Final Frontier |
ISS February 2018 — April 2020 |
Advanced Plant Habitat |
|
| 2023 |
|
Gioia D. Massa |
NASA |
Pick-and-eat Salad-crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System (VEG-05) |
|
Veggie |
|
| 2019 |
Radish |
Karl Hasenstein, Ph.D. |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Plant Habitat-02: Assessment of Nutritional Value and Growth Parameters of Space-grown Plants |
October 2019 — October 2021 |
Advanced Plant Habitat |
|
| 2021 |
Pepper (Espanola Improved) |
Matthew W. Romeyn |
NASA Kennedy Space Center |
Plant Habitat-04: Microgravity Growth of New Mexico Hatch Green Chile as a Technical Display of Advanced Plant Habitat’s Capabilities |
April 2021 — March 2022 |
Advanced Plant Habitat |
|
| 1994 |
Glycine max (soybean) |
|
|
Starch concentration in the space-grown soybean cotyledons |
STS-68 |
BRIC-01 |
|
| 1995 |
Glycine max (soybean) |
Christopher Brown |
Kennedy Space Center |
Starch Metabolism in Space-Grown Soybean Seedlings |
STS-63 |
BRIC-03 |
No |
| 1997 |
Mustard |
|
|
successful seed to seed |
|
Greenhouse 1 |
|
| 1982 |
Pinus elliotti Engelm (Pine Seedlings) |
J.R. Cowles |
University of Houston |
The Influence of Weightlessness on Lignification in Developing Plant Seedlings |
|
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
|
| 1982 |
Avena sativa L. cv. (Oat) |
J.R. Cowles |
University of Houston |
The Influence of Weightlessness on Lignification in Developing Plant Seedlings |
STS-3 |
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
|
| 1982 |
Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (Mung Bean) |
J.R. Cowles |
University of Houston |
The Influence of Weightlessness on Lignification in Developing Plant Seedlings |
|
Plant Growth Unit (PGU) |
|
| 1975 |
Carrot |
F.C. Steward |
State University of New York |
The Morphogenetic Responses of Cultured Totipotent Cells of Carrot at Zero Gravity |
|
|
Yes |
| 2006 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
John Z Kiss |
NASA Ames |
TROPI-1: Analysis of a novel sensory mechanism in root phototropism
Also: TROPI-2 (2010), Plant Signaling (2011), and Seedling Growth (2013-2015). |
STS-121 |
European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS-01) |
No |
| 2010 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
John Z Kiss |
NASA Ames |
TROPI-2 (2010), Plant Signaling (2011), and Seedling Growth (2013-2015). |
STS-121 |
European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS-01) |
No |