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NASA logs Anil Menon’s plant cell research aboard station
The October 30 entry describes work with algae and cultured tobacco cells in Kibo, without publishing experimental results.
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NASA’s October 30, 2026 station log records Anil Menon working on a botany investigation in the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory. The study examines how microgravity affects cell division in green algae and cultured tobacco cells.
Menon is an Indian-origin NASA astronaut. His agency biography records that he was born and raised in Minneapolis to Indian and Ukrainian immigrants.
NASA identifies possible support for growing food crops on the Moon and Mars as the research’s purpose. Its update describes ongoing work, without presenting experimental results or a food-production demonstration.
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The October 30 entry describes work with algae and cultured tobacco cells in Kibo, without publishing experimental results. Read the full report: https://www.spaceexploration.in/news/anil-menon-plant-cell-investigation #SpaceExplorationNews #SpaceNews #SpaceScience
