Wisconsin Public Radio: Sad tomatoes in space: Wisconsin scientists develop TASTIE experiment to grow plants without gravity

From the care of Wisconsin researchers to the International Space Station, a group of tomato plants rode on a rocket last week with the goal of brightening astronauts’ days — and their diets.

But first the tomatoes are trying to find their own joy.

Growing without gravity is stressful to tomatoes, said Simon Gilroy, a University of Wisconsin-Madison botanist who runs a lab that studies plant development.

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