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This week, we welcome Dr. John Kiss from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG). Tonight, Dr. Kiss will be discussing the sensory physiology of plants in space research, including the effect of Mars’ levels of gravity on plant development. John Z. Kiss is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNCG, … Continue reading "Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space" The post Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space appeared first on Universe Today.
Join Emma the Space Gardener as she explores gardening on Earth... and beyond! In this episode, Emma talks to Dr John Z Kiss, space plant biologist. Dr Kiss has worked on eight plant experiments that flew in space and made exciting discoveries about how plants respond to light and gravity.
Spaceflight news— Perseverance launch slips again (spacenews.com) — Centaur has been repaired (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)Short & Sweet— Rocket Lab suffers second-stage failure and loss of vehicle. (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/RocketLab)— ULA receives its first BE-4. (spacenews.com)— First indigenous-owned ground station to be built in Australia (satnews.com)Interview: John Z. Kiss, Professor of Biology and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina Greensboro— twitter.com/jzk60— linkedin.com— UNC bio and publication list (biology.uncg.edu)— Read more — Exploratory study ahead of sending Arabidopsis on CLPS (content.sciendo.com) — Feature article on Dr. Kiss’ work (researchmagazine.uncg.edu) — TedX talk “Someday We Will Live on Mars) (youtu.be) — Seedling Growth-2 (youtube.com) — Seedling Growth-3 (nasa.gov)This week in SF history— 7 July 1998: first orbital launch from a sub (en.wikipedia.org) — Based on R-29RM (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week in 1975: How long does it take an astronaut to flip a patch upside-down? 7.5 hours.