ISRO germinated cowpea seeds in space.
New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organization i.e. ISRO has done another great miracle. ISRO has succeeded in germinating cowpea seeds in space. Scientists hope that soon leaves will also emerge from them. Let us tell you that with this ISRO has taken an important step towards studying the growth of plants in low gravity. This experiment will help scientists understand how plants grow in space, which can be of great help in long space operations.
Seeds were sent into space on December 30
ISRO gave information about this in a tweet on social media platform ‘X’. He wrote, ‘Life begins in space! VSSC’s CROPS (Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies) experiment was successfully conducted on PSLV-C60 POEM-4. Cowpea seeds germinated in four days, leaves expected to emerge soon. Let us tell you that these cowpea seeds were sent with the Spade X mission on December 30 by PSLV C 60 rocket.
Know why this success is so big
The ‘Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies’ (CROPS) experiment developed by Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) has taken an important step towards studying plant growth in microgravity. The experiment was launched on the POEM-4 platform of the PSLV-C60 mission, and has successfully germinated cowpea seeds in just 4 days, and leaves are now expected to emerge. CROPS aims to understand how plants grow in space, which could be important for crop production in future long space operations.
8 sprouted cowpea seeds
Let us tell you that in this experiment, 8 seeds of cowpeas have been grown in a controlled environment, which has active thermal control. Under this, an attempt has been made to simulate the conditions that plants can go through during space travel. This achievement is a huge milestone in India’s space biology research. The success of this experiment so far shows India’s ability to grow plants in space.
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