Gardeners of the Galaxy Mission Report: 26 November 2024

Your weekly round-up of astrobotany news and adventure. This week we've got purple seeds surviving longer in space, Plant Habitat-07 getting underway & and space tomatoes in Minecraft Education!

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

Preflight image of the Tanpopo panel used to expose seeds and other samples to space. Image credit: Tanpopo-3 team

Plants are key components for systems being designed to produce nutrients and recycle carbon for future sustained space habitation, but space has been shown to reduce seed…