Growing Beyond Earth®
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 directly support NASA’s goals of feeding astronauts on the International Space Station, Moon, Mars, and beyond by providing Crop Readiness Level-1 and -2 data to Dr. Gioia Massa (Project Scientist), Trent Smith (Research Advisor), and their Space Crop Production team at NASA Kennedy Space Center.
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.
Results from 2022-2023 GBE student 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)
Announcements
In preparation for the school year, GBE will be hosting our Teacher Training Sessions. Below is the information for the virtual sessions.
September 4th (Spanish Session), 6PM – 9PM (Zoom)
September 10th, 6PM – 9PM (Zoom)
September 14th, 9:30AM – 12:30PM (in-person @ Fairchild Garden)
September 14th, 1:30PM – 4:30PM (Zoom)
During these sessions we will be discussing and training on the new experimental protocols for the upcoming school year. Look out for another email later in the month to register for your classroom’s experiment.
For new and returning teachers, all supplies will be provided through our Shopify site. More information will be given at the Teacher Training Sessions.
We look forward to seeing everyone in these training sessions!
This year’s summer Growing Beyond Earth interns have been hard at work testing a new set of potential experiments for the upcoming school year. The interns have been exploring novel crops, alternative growth media, herbal teas, irradiated seeds (simulated cosmic rays), and light recipes.
In June, the Growing Beyond Earth interns traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The interns were able to meet with the NASA scientists associated with the experiments.
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
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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