Spinoff story

Astronaut Life Support for Earth Families

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Kennedy Space Center spent decades developing indoor farming techniques for crops and even fish to support a closed-loop life-support system for space travel. Eden Grow Systems Inc. of Houston used the published results – and hired a former NASA expert – to build automated, energy-efficient, aeroponic grow towers, now for sale and planned to be the first element of the company’s self-sufficient habitat.