ADVANCED ASTROCULTURE™ (ADVASC) Spaceflight Research Tool Astronaut Peggy Whitson checks on soybeans growing in the ADVASC system | Image Credit: NASA Full Name: ADVANCED ASTROCULTURE™ (ADVASC)Affiliation: NASA, WCSARCountry: United StatesFocus Areas: General AstrobotanyType: SpaceflightSpacecraft: International Space StationSummary: The ADVANCED ASTROCULTURE™ (ADVASC) was a plant growth unit developed by the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics (WCSAR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.References: Advanced Astroculture -NASA WCSAR reaps first crop of seeds from International Space Station