A crop of vegetables grown without daylight, earth or pesticides has been harvested in Antarctica . The project, which aims to enable astronauts to grow fresh food on other planets, is co-ordinated by German Aerospace Centre DLR . The crop, which was composed of 3.6 kilograms of salad greens, 70 cucumbers and 70 radishes, was grown inside a high-tech greenhouse. NASA has already grown green vegetables on Neumayer Station III . However, the German Aerospace Centre DLR project hopes to create a broader range of produce that could potentially be grown on Antarctica , or the Moon .
A crop of vegetables grown without daylight, earth or pesticides has been harvested in Antarctica. The project, which aims to enable astronauts to grow fresh food on other planets, is co-ordinated by German Aerospace Centre DLR. The crop, which was composed of 3.6 kg of salad greens, 18 cucumbers and 70 radishes, was grown inside a high-tech greenhouse. NASA has already grown green vegetables on the International Space Station. However, the DLR project hopes to create a broader range of produce that could potentially be grown on Mars, or the Moon.