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Botany, Biomedicine, and Cargo Ops Wrap Up Week Aboard Station
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Space botany and biomedical research filled the end of the week for the Expedition 75 crew on the International Space Station, while they kept loading a U.S. cargo spacecraft that will soon return to Earth. NASA flight engineer Luke Delaney harvested thale cress plants in the Kibo lab to study how plants grow and fight disease in microgravity. NASA says the studies could help future crews on longer missions become more self-reliant for food and health care.
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