{"id":3780,"date":"2020-12-01T06:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astrobotany.com\/?page_id=3780"},"modified":"2023-09-21T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:27:29","slug":"european-modular-cultivation-system-emcs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/european-modular-cultivation-system-emcs\/","title":{"rendered":"European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3780\" class=\"elementor elementor-3780\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b59c6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b59c6d\" 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-04c84cd\" data-id=\"04c84cd\" 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-8dd0b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8dd0b30\" 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\">European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e860b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6e860b\" 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-8ac353a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8ac353a\" 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-ab248be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab248be\" 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=\"http:\/\/esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2017\/11\/Growing_seedlings\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-768x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4312\" alt=\"NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn with the Seedling Growth-1 seeds ready to load into the European Modular Cultivation System on the International Space Station.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/EMCS-1-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\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 Tom Marshburn with the Seedling Growth-1 seeds ready to load into the European Modular Cultivation System on the International Space Station. | Image Credit: ESA<\/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-f7f447a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f7f447a\" 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-ef2a9ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef2a9ae\" 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-4589193\" data-id=\"4589193\" 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-ff9240a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff9240a\" 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>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Full Name:<\/strong><\/span> <em>European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS)<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\">Affiliation:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">ESA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Manufacturer:<\/strong><\/span> EADS-ST Friedrichshafen<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Country:<\/strong><\/span> Germany<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Focus Areas:<\/strong><\/span> Plant Habitat<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Type:<\/strong><\/span> Spaceflight<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Spacecraft:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>International Space Station<\/li>\n<\/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-3322771\" data-id=\"3322771\" 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-101641b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"101641b\" 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>\n<li><span style=\"color: #61ce70;\"><strong>Key Features:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Centrifuges to spin up partial gravity<\/li>\n<li>Gas supply\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Thermal control system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/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-3f4e16e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f4e16e\" 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-445ee98\" data-id=\"445ee98\" 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-c128b49 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c128b49\" 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-7da5e420 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7da5e420\" 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-706fcdb\" data-id=\"706fcdb\" 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-9dd09b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9dd09b3\" 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-d059161 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d059161\" 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>The <strong>European Modular Cultivation System<\/strong> (EMCS) was built for plant research, but could also hold experiments on small animals (insects and small invertebrates). It was funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), and was developed by an industrial team led by the German company EADS-ST Friedrichshafen. Specialists at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center optimized it for certain experiments by developing experiment-unique hardware.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>It was installed on the ISS in the US Destiny module (2006-08), and the European Columbus module (2008). The EMCS hosted a wide variety of plant experiments that helped scientists understand imaging systems, plant movement, plant membrane proteomes, plant growth and development, cell-wall genetics, and plant tropisms in space. The centrifuges (sometimes called rotors) allow researchers to apply different levels of gravity (0.001 g to 2.0 g) to the experiment containers (ECs). Centrifuges allow researchers to apply \u201cgravity\u201d at the same level as you would find on the Earth, the Moon, or Mars, allowing astronauts to test how well plants might grow in lunar or Martian gravity.<\/p>\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-2973a84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2973a84\" 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-2bee042\" data-id=\"2bee042\" 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-c036c03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c036c03\" 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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3781\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An EMCS experiment container with Arabidopsis in it | Image Credit: ESA<\/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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46c33fe\" data-id=\"46c33fe\" 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-bccfe6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bccfe6d\" 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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3782\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/astrobotany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/emcs2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Multigen-1 with Arabidopsis | Image Credit: ESA<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c66d0bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c66d0bc\" 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-1df31af\" data-id=\"1df31af\" 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-2667503 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2667503\" 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\">Chamber Components<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58aed263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58aed263\" 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<!-- wp:image {\"id\":4254,\"width\":823,\"height\":546,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<ul>\n<li>2 centrifuges holding a total of 8 experiment containers (ECs)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Experiment containers<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Room for plant specimens up to 6cm x 6cm x 16cm<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Membrane filters trap particulates in air<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Sensors monitor air temperature and pressure<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Nutrient delivery system customizable<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Life support and water supply system<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Illumination system (red and white LEDs)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Gas supply module<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>30% oxygen, 70% nitrogen and carbon dioxide, stored in gas bottles<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Air is conditioned by the Atmospheric Control System (ACS), ethylene is filtered out, and evaporated water is recycled for plants to reuse<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Thermal control system<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Video camera system (only on two of the four containers per centrifuge)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":3781,\"width\":336,\"height\":336,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<ul><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\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-d5de469 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5de469\" 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\">References<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-791baa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"791baa8\" 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>\n<li>Review and analysis of plant growth chambers and greenhouse modules for space (<a href=\"https:\/\/ttu-ir.tdl.org\/handle\/2346\/59610\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Review and analysis of over 40 years of space plant growth systems (<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2017\/02\/Zabel_Review_Analysis_40yr_Space_Plant_Growth_Systems_LifeSciencesSpaceR....pdf\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Experiment Unique Equipment for the European Modular Cultivation System (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/research\/space-biosciences\/experiment-unique-equipment-for-the-european-modular-cultivation-system\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Research Containing: European Modular Cultivation System (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacestationresearch.com\/tag\/european-modular-cultivation-system\/\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>ESA experiments with the european modular cultivation system (EMCS) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/292837846_ESA_experiments_with_the_european_modular_cultivation_system_EMCS\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) operations, utilization, facility description, and specifications (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capcomespace.net\/dossiers\/ISS\/europe\/columbus\/Nouveau%20dossier\/fs045_10_emcs.pdf\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A Researcher\u2019s Guide to the International Space Station: Plant Science (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/np-2016-06-016-jsc_plant_research_mini_book508c.pdf\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>European Modular Cultivation System (<a href=\"http:\/\/wsn.spaceflight.esa.int\/docs\/Factsheets\/13%20EMCS%20HR%20web.pdf\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>A Different Kind of Green Movement: Seedling Growth in Space (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/seedling_growth_2\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-bbe3fcb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bbe3fcb\" 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 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