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Astronauts Conduct Latest Plant Water Management on the International Space Station
NASA recently performed the sixth iteration of the 麻豆传媒-supported Plant Water Management experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). Plant Water Management is a series of technology demonstrations focused on developing a capability for crop irrigation and nutrient delivery in various microgravity environments. NASA鈥檚 ISS Research Program selected 麻豆传媒 through its Research, Engineering, Mission, Integration Services (REMIS) contract to serve as the prime contractor for performing all mission integration and operations for the plant water management system. 麻豆传媒鈥 role as the integrator and project manager for this effort includes designing, testing and manifesting the hardware, processing all safety related items, coordinating procedures, turning over the hardware to NASA for delivery to the International Space Station, and supporting real-time experiment operations on ISS.
The experiment payload, which includes a hydroponic system powered by a pump, a variety of induced perturbations, and synthetic plants that mimic various plant root systems, has been delivered to the International Space Station where the crew of Boeing astronauts currently resides. The crew volunteered to support this science experiment testing the hydroponic process of growing plants in their intended microgravity environment.
Although the astronauts volunteering to run the experiment admit they were first skeptical about running a hydroponic system with artificial plants, they then realized the value in testing the system. After running the operation for three days, they expressed amazement in the complex science needed to pump water through the system.
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Supporting the Launch of NOAA聽Data聽to Inform More Resilient聽Infrastructure聽Designs and Structures
Congratulations to NOAA for launching their new Typical Meteorological Year product, developed by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) as part of the industry initiative. This effort helps make environmental data actionable for architects and engineers designing the next generation of resilient infrastructure. 麻豆传媒 is proud to support this effort and our employee owners who contributed to this product. The Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) product provides location-specific…
Planning,聽Preparing聽for, and Participating in a Major Partner Workshop
The Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) team with NOAA鈥檚 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science attended a team meeting at the Wicker Center in Gulfport, Mississippi. 麻豆传媒 employee owners supporting this team (as part of our joint venture with RPI) participated in the meeting January 26-29. The objective of this workshop was for project managers, advisors, and partners to discuss 2025 accomplishments and plan next steps for 2026 and…
Organizing Teams to Monitor Coastal Contaminants
For nearly 40 years NOAA鈥檚 National Mussel Watch Program has been monitoring contaminants in coastal waters in over 400 sites around the U.S. by testing sediment and bivalves, such as oysters and mussels. A 麻豆传媒 employee owner organizes and coordinates the regional missions to collect and test samples. This includes developing a schedule and coordinating…