EDEN ISS

EDEN ISS is a 4-year project under the European Union‘s Research and Innovation Action program Horizon 2020, within the topic of ‘Space exploration / Life support.' The EU-H2020 funded project part started March 2015 and concluded February 2019. It was extended through additional funds by the DLR and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute until 2021. In 2021 NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have begun a joint series of experiments on vegetable cultivation techniques for use on the Moon and Mars. Until early 2022, NASA guest scientist Jess Bunchek will research how future astronauts could grow lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and herbs, using as little time and energy as possible. To this end, she will be working at DLR's EDEN ISS Antarctic greenhouse, where she will put greenhouse technologies and plant varieties to the test... The plant cultivation technologies are tested in a laboratory setting at the sites of the consortium partners. All systems were integrated at DLR in..

Primary location: Bremen Germany