EuCROPIS

What is EuCROPIS?

Eu:CROPIS (Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space) is a life science satellite developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and is intended to investigate the possibility of growing plants (specifically tomatoes) in different levels of gravity, such as on the Moon and Mars, as a sustainable food source while using human urine for moisture and as the source of fixed nitrogen.

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• german aerospace center