NASA invites citizen scientists to support space research on plants, solar storms, and adaptation
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Updated · Science@NASA · Apr 27
NASA invites citizen scientists to support space research on plants, solar storms, and adaptation
10 articles · Updated · Science@NASA · Apr 27
Volunteers worldwide can join projects like Space Umbrella, Growing Beyond Earth, and HamSCI, contributing data analysis, plant growth experiments, and space weather observations.
Opportunities include analyzing Magnetosphere Multiscale mission data, growing astronaut food candidates with Fairchild Botanical Garden, and building personal space weather stations for ionospheric research.
These initiatives help NASA improve astronaut safety, develop sustainable food sources for long missions, and deepen understanding of how terrestrial life adapts to space environments.
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