{"id":2008,"date":"2023-08-11T10:57:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astrobotany.com\/?page_id=2008"},"modified":"2023-09-21T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:55:24","slug":"svet-plant-growth-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/svet-plant-growth-system\/","title":{"rendered":"SVET Plant Growth System"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2008\" class=\"elementor elementor-2008\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfd70e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfd70e7\" 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-6629faa\" data-id=\"6629faa\" 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-9f82724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f82724\" 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\">SVET Plant Growth System<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de27744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de27744\" 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\">Spaceflight Research Tool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba496bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ba496bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c065c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81c065c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet-1024x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet-600x200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/absvet.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">SVET | Image Credit: Roscosmos<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39206c0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"39206c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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 elementor-element-5cd8455 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cd8455\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fc5499\" data-id=\"4fc5499\" 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-8e972b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e972b2\" 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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Full Name:<\/strong><\/span> <em>SVET (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442: translation: light)<\/em><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>A.K.A:<\/strong><\/span> SVET SG, SVET-2, SVET-2 SG<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\">Affiliation:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">NASA, Roscosmos<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Country:<\/strong><\/span> United States, Russia, Bulgaria<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Focus Areas:<\/strong><\/span> Plant Habitat<\/li><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Type:<\/strong><\/span> Spaceflight<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Spacecraft:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>MIR<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>In Service: <\/strong><\/span>1990-2001<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Predecessor: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/fiton-3\/\">Fiton\/Phyton<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Successor: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/lada-plant-growth-system\/\">Lada<\/a><\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64282c4\" data-id=\"64282c4\" 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-fa782fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa782fc\" 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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Confirmed Plants Grown:<\/strong><\/span><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Wisconsin Fast Plants (<em>Brassica rapa<\/em>)<\/li><li>Dwarf wheat\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Accolades:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>First seed-to-seed plant growth experiment in space<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Key Features:<\/strong><\/span><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>GEMS (Gas Exchange Measurement System)<\/li><li>Root Module<\/li><li>In-unit lighting (Illumination Unit)<\/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 elementor-element-110e770 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"110e770\" 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-a09ee68\" data-id=\"a09ee68\" 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-ebdcea8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ebdcea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775f302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"775f302\" 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\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1429451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1429451\" 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<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The SVET (\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442: Russian: <em>light<\/em>) plant growth system was a small greenhouse module on the Russian spacecraft MIR.\u00a0 Some of the first advanced astrobotany experiments took place in SVET.\u00a0 SVET was installed in 1990 and was located in the Kristall module of Mir and consisted of 4 basic units:<\/p><ul><li>the plant growth chamber itself<\/li><li>the root module<\/li><li>the light and control unit<\/li><li>the GEMS (Gas Exchange Measurement System)<\/li><\/ul><p>Plant varieties such as dwarf wheat and\u00a0<em>Brassica rapa\u00a0<\/em>were grown in SVET, with important variables being controlled and measured using this equipment.\u00a0 Substrate moisture was one of those being studied.<\/p><p>SVET was upgraded under a Bulgarian-American contract prior to a 1997 experiment involving <em>Brassica rapa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>SVET-2 included a brighter illumination unit and updated root modules.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-ab1c147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab1c147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2001ARBl...16...12I\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-600x576.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single wp-image-9436\" alt=\"SVET Plant Growth System\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-600x576.png 600w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9-768x738.png 768w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-9.png 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\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\">SVET-2 SG: the improved upon version of the first SVET | Image Credit: Tanya Ivanova<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64cd5c0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"64cd5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203aaac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"203aaac\" 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\">Associated Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e19a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e19a80\" 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\/the-ethylene-problem-on-space-station-mir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ethylene Problem on Space Station Mir<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2001ARBl...16...12I\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>First Successful Space Seed-to-Seed Plant Growth Experiment in the SVET-2 Space Greenhouse in 1997 <\/em><\/a><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/11541646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The first “space” vegetables have been grown in the “SVET” greenhouse using controlled environmental 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Service: 1990-2001 Predecessor: Fiton\/Phyton Successor: Lada Confirmed Plants Grown: Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica rapa) Dwarf 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