{"id":11833,"date":"2023-09-19T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/?page_id=11833"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:05:49","slug":"nasa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11833\" class=\"elementor elementor-11833\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68f466e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68f466e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94dbec3\" data-id=\"94dbec3\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson next to the VEGGIE | Image Credit: NASA<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6893a52\" data-id=\"6893a52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44666de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44666de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Full Name:<\/strong><\/span> <em>National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/em><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong>United States<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Founded: <\/strong><\/span>July 29th, 1958<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Focus Areas:<\/strong><\/span> Astrobotany Research<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Type:<\/strong><\/span> Ground Control, Spaceflight<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Accolades:<\/strong><\/span><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>First citizen science astrobotany experiment in space (1973-1974)<\/li><li>First full RNA sequencing of transcriptomic astrobotany data retrieved from spaceflight (2014)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/ussr-space-program\/\">USSR Space Program<\/a> left with the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u00a0 NASA’s various Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) programs have long produced cutting-edge astrobotany hardware, databases, and literature, but its leadership remains uncertain as <a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/4-takeaways-from-the-decadal-survey-on-biological-and-physical-sciences-research-in-space-2023-2032\/\">funding stagnates and its LEO activities become increasingly reliant on the private sector<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3ac77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a3ac77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Astrobotany Research Tools developed by NASA and its partners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd7ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fd7ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/ed61-62-growth-chamber\/\">ED 61\/62 Growth Chamber<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/plant-growth-unit-pgu\/\">Plant Growth Unit (PGU)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/advasc\/\">Advanced Astroculture (ADVASC)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/veggie\/\">VEGGIE Plant Growth System<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/advanced-plant-habitat\/\">Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/biomass-production-system-bps\/\">Biomass Production System (BPS)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/bric\">BRIC 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