٠٠:٠٢:٠٥Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated a mini-greenhouse on board the International Space Station (ISS), where he and Moscow schoolchildren and students are growing dwarf varieties of peas to compare plant development in zero-gravity and on Earth.
Exclusive footage recorded on Monday, December 18, shows Borisov describing the experiment and displaying the growing peas.
"The pupils have the same cameras and lighting as I do. We water the peas with the same intensity and frequency. My job here is simply to watch them grow. Strictly at a certain time, to water it, to take pictures," the cosmonaut told.
The plants on the ISS are placed in three different cameras - with white, blue and red lighting. Borisov measures the length of the sprouts every day and keeps a log of his observations.
"It's great to grow plants when you haven't seen them for more than 100 days and suddenly you have pea sprouts. They're growing. It's nice to see the fresh greens, to see how quickly they grow," he shared.
On November 10, the Centre for Environmental Education of the Pioneers Moscow Palace (‘Vorobyovy Gory SBPOU’) reported that several schools in the Moscow region were taking part in the experiment.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Outer space harvest! Cosmonaut Borisov shows off ISS mini-greenhouse *EXCLUSIVE*
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated a mini-greenhouse on board the International Space Station (ISS), where he and Moscow schoolchildren and students are growing dwarf varieties of peas to compare plant development in zero-gravity and on Earth.
Exclusive footage recorded on Monday, December 18, shows Borisov describing the experiment and displaying the growing peas.
"The pupils have the same cameras and lighting as I do. We water the peas with the same intensity and frequency. My job here is simply to watch them grow. Strictly at a certain time, to water it, to take pictures," the cosmonaut told.
The plants on the ISS are placed in three different cameras - with white, blue and red lighting. Borisov measures the length of the sprouts every day and keeps a log of his observations.
"It's great to grow plants when you haven't seen them for more than 100 days and suddenly you have pea sprouts. They're growing. It's nice to see the fresh greens, to see how quickly they grow," he shared.
On November 10, the Centre for Environmental Education of the Pioneers Moscow Palace (‘Vorobyovy Gory SBPOU’) reported that several schools in the Moscow region were taking part in the experiment.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated a mini-greenhouse on board the International Space Station (ISS), where he and Moscow schoolchildren and students are growing dwarf varieties of peas to compare plant development in zero-gravity and on Earth.
Exclusive footage recorded on Monday, December 18, shows Borisov describing the experiment and displaying the growing peas.
"The pupils have the same cameras and lighting as I do. We water the peas with the same intensity and frequency. My job here is simply to watch them grow. Strictly at a certain time, to water it, to take pictures," the cosmonaut told.
The plants on the ISS are placed in three different cameras - with white, blue and red lighting. Borisov measures the length of the sprouts every day and keeps a log of his observations.
"It's great to grow plants when you haven't seen them for more than 100 days and suddenly you have pea sprouts. They're growing. It's nice to see the fresh greens, to see how quickly they grow," he shared.
On November 10, the Centre for Environmental Education of the Pioneers Moscow Palace (‘Vorobyovy Gory SBPOU’) reported that several schools in the Moscow region were taking part in the experiment.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.