News About Farming in Shipping Containers & Limited Indoor Spaces

NASA is Testing a Mobile Wastewater Plant That Could Turn Astronaut Waste Into Food and Spare Parts

The unit fits inside an 8.5-by-24-foot mobile trailer — roughly the size of a shipping container. Inside are three biological reactors, a vertical hydroponic farm, water-polishing hardware, and an autonomous control system.

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Greens Grow in Circles - NASA Funded Research Inspires Home Indoor Farming Tech

NASA has been a pioneer in the field of indoor farming for decades and collaborates often with outside institutions.

For more than 40 years, Purdue University in Indiana has received funding from and collaborated with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, as part of the agency’s Specialized Center of Research and Training program to explore methods of growing plants under electric light.

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