Developing a vitamin greenhouse for the life support system of the international space station and for future interplanetary missions

To infinity and beyond: Strategies for fabricating medicines in outer space

“…Other approaches include incorporating vegetables into the astronauts’ diet, as fiber-rich diets promote the growth of butyrate-producing bacteria, which have a positive impact on overall human health ( Voorhies and Lorenzi, 2016 ). Although space farming is still in its infancy, it might be possible in the future to grow fruits and vegetables in other planets or during long-term missions ( Berkovich et al, 2004 ; Moroz et al, 2020 ).…”

Vegetable production facility as a part of a closed life support system in a Russian Martian space flight scenario

“…In order to increase yield of space-grown crops per expended resources, we suggested crop cultivation in a conveyor-type PGF with a cylindrical planting surface (Berkovich et al, 2004). The Institute for Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences has developed several prototypes of the PGF named ''Vitacycle", ''Phytocycle-SD" and ''Phytoconveyor".…”

A cylindrical salad growth facility with a light-emitting diodes unit as a component for biological life support system for space crews

“…Preliminary analysis of the energy requirements on the Russian segment of the ISS showed that the power consumption for a PGF could not exceed 0.5 kW (Berkovich et al, 2002b). Consequently, the ''Phytocycle SD'' was designed to use about 440 W. One goal of this paper was to analyze the effectiveness of plant growth inside a conveyer cylindrical PGF with LED lighting using the Q-criterion analysis.…”