Growing Beyond Earth® Innovation Studio

NOW OPEN

Now open, the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Growing Beyond Earth® Innovation Studio, a STEM education Makerspace, to address NASA’s current space exploration objectives concerning food production aboard spacecraft.

The GBE Innovation Studio is a new concept for botanic gardens and for NASA and will be unique within the maker community. It will be the world’s first Makerspace in a botanic garden, the first public facility dedicated to NASA’s food production challenges, and the first project to leverage community input in the development of plant growing hardware.

Project goals include: (1) creating an innovative and accessible research facility that will provide the tools and opportunities for the community to actively contribute to ongoing food production and botanical research; (2) providing STEM-focused education opportunities for students to experiment with scientifically important questions and contribute to real-world research; (3) developing a national network of professionals and non-professionals to contribute to the design of a growth system for use aboard spacecraft and other planets.

Within this interactive space, we offer:
Workshops: Classes for kids and adults in design thinking, 3D printing, laser etching, and much more. Click here for more details. 

Attention Maker Community: Interested in helping NASA design the next autonomous Growing System?  Join the 2020-21 maker Contest.  Click here for more details.

Innovation Studio was designed and built with generous support from
The Kendel Kennedy Foundation 

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