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Growing Vegetables on the International Space Station
2026-12-07 19:00:00 2026-12-07 20:00:00 America/Denver Growing Vegetables on the International Space Station Discover how astronauts can grow fresh vegetables without gravity using recycled water in space. Learn about the unique challenges the Utah State University research team solved to make it possible. Online Event -

Monday, December 07
7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Discover how astronauts can grow fresh vegetables without gravity using recycled water in space. Learn about the unique challenges the Utah State University research team solved to make it possible.

Dr. Bruce Bugbee is a professor at Utah State University, founder of Apogee Instruments, and a researcher whose work focuses on space farming. After a decade of research, his research team designed and built an improved plant growth chamber for the International Space Station. Bugbee is well known for his work with NASA on farming in space and is studying food production for a future colony on Mars. He is a recipient of the Governor’s Medal for Science from the State of Utah and a fellow of both the Agronomy and Horticultural Societies. In 2015, he gave an invited TED Talk titled “Turning Water into Food.”

Please note: this live WebEx presentation will not be recorded.

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