Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report: 5 November 2024

Your weekly round-up of astrobotany news and adventure. This week we've got the world’s first wooden satellite, new plants on their way to the ISS and mustard plants grown on simulated lunar regolith!

Hello, Gardeners of the Galaxy! Welcome to this week's Mission Report.

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Sets up for Science of Opportunity, on 23 Oct 2024. Image credit: NASA Johnson.

I can’t be the only person wishing that Don Pettit would get up to his usual tricks and sprout some seeds while he’s on the International Space Station! In the meantime, a successf…