Growing Beyond Earth®
Interested in participating in the GBE program next school year?
Email us at GBE@fairchildgarden.org/gbe
Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) is a federally-funded science program designed to advance NASA
research on growing plants in space and to inspire the next generation of explorers. Growing Beyond
Earth supports a larger NASA program, Artemis. The Artemis program will lead humanity forward
and establish permanent bases on the Moon to facilitate human missions to Mars. This is a global
effort led by the U.S., with multiple mission milestones, involving international and commercial
partners and citizen scientists, like yourself. As humans expand into space farther from Earth, the
ability to grow sustainable food crops is a solution to a major challenge of long-duration, deep
space missions. Your work on Growing Beyond Earth will support our long-term space exploration
goals by providing Crop Readiness Level-1 and -2 data to scientists working at NASA’s research labs.
There are many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) challenges and solutions
related to food production in space that have applications on Earth. GBE is also advancing
technologies for growing plants in urban, indoor, and other resource-limited settings.
Established in 2015 as a partnership between Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and NASA Science
Mission Directorate, GBE is now underway in 500 middle and high schools from 48 states nationwide
and 10 countries. GBE is unique in its focus on real scientific research, enabling student community
scientists to actively contribute data toward NASA mission planning. Each classroom receives a
Fairchild-designed plant habitat analogous to the Vegetable Production System (Veggie) on the
International Space Station (ISS). Fairchild and NASA scientists train teachers to conduct GBE
experiments with students and share their results with NASA.
CHECK OUT THE RESULTS from the 2022-2023 GBE Research
– Light Trial
– Cultivar Trial
Click HERE to see 2021-2022 GBE Trial Results (tables and graphs)
Growing Beyond Earth® (GBE) es un proyecto de ciencia ciudadana basado en el aula operado en asociación con la NASA, diseñado para avanzar en la investigación de la NASA sobre el cultivo de plantas en el espacio. Incluye una serie de experimentos con plantas realizados por estudiantes en un hábitat de plantas designado por Fairchild similar a el “El Sistema de Producción de Vegetables” Vegetable Production System (Veggie)en la Estación Espacial Internacional.
Con experimentos actualmente en curso en más de 350 escuelas intermedias y secundarias de todo el país, GBE proporciona un flujo constante de datos valiosos a los científicos de la NASA que están desarrollando tecnologías para cultivar alimentos para misiones de larga duración en el espacio profundo. Para ver las últimas investigaciones de los estudiantes, visítenos en Twitter @GrowBeyondEarth.
En su séptimo año, más de 40 000 estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria y sus maestros en todo el país han contribuido con cientos de miles de puntos de datos y probado 180 variedades de plantas comestibles para la NASA.
Como parte del programa, los estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de presentar sus hallazgos a los investigadores y administradores de la NASA durante el Simposio de investigación estudiantil virtual en vivo.
Haga clic AQUÍ para ver los resultados del experimento Growing Beyond Earth 2022 Misome/light (tablas and graphs)
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Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach or Monroe County Teacher?
Visit the Fairchild Challenge home page for more information about this and other Challenges.
Need more information, contact GBE@fairchildgarden.org
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This website is based upon work supported by NASA Grant No. 80NCCS22M0125-SciAct. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Este sitio web se basa en el trabajo respaldado por NASA Grant No. 80NCCS22M0125-SciAct. Todas las opiniones, hallazgos, conclusiones o recomendaciones expresadas en este material pertenecen a los autores y no reflejan necesariamente los puntos de vista de la Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio.
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