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When it comes to growing plants in space, the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics is the place to go

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plants in space March 30, 1999 Huntsville, AL -When it comes to growing plants in space, the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics is the place to go. Now, that experience can come to a classroom near you in the form of a plant growth chamber developed by this NASA Commercial Space Center as an educational product.

Fisher Science Education division of the Fisher Scientific Company is marketing the ASTROPONICS(TM) product and related products in its 1999/2000 catalog. ASTROPONICS(TM) provides students with hands-on experience in growing plants in an enclosed chamber that provides artificial lighting, water and nutrients to the plant without opening the chamber. With this, the basic principles of conducting plant experiments in space can be simulated in the classroom.