NASA rendering shows a future Mars base with a greenhouse attached. The “ice home” domes are made of cells filled with frozen water. In this year’s NASA BIG Idea Challenge, five ...

ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE WON A NASA COMPETITION WITH AN OUT OF THIS WORLD DESIGN FOR A GREENHOUSE ON MARS. THE SPACE ADMINISTRATION PICKED THE DESIGN FROM FIVE FINALISTS NATIONWIDE!

When humans go to the Moon or Mars, they’ll probably take plants with them. NASA-supported researchers are learning how greenhouses work on other planets. Confused? Then you’re just like plants in a ...

A spacecraft approaches the lunar pole, spits out a pod from which sprout several tubular arms it uses to bury itself in the soil, where it begins growing plants in preparation for man's return to the ...