Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are pictured inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Hopkins is showing a plant chamber containing plants growing for the Asian Herb in Space (AHiS) study. The space botany investigation is exploring ways to cultivate fast-growing plants used for traditional medicine and food flavoring.
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Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are pictured inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Hopkins is showing a plant chamber containing plants growing for the Asian Herb in Space (AHiS) study. The space botany investigation is exploring ways to cultivate fast-growing plants used for traditional medicine and food flavoring.