Moore, a space nutritionist, partnered with NASA and SpaceX to send the first mushrooms into orbit.

"Successfully growing edible mushrooms in space represents a significant milestone for space exploration and sustainable nutrition." ...

Among them, as Ars noted, is the plan to become the first mushroom growers in space — but "they’re not the ones you’re thinking," Philips told the website. Instead, per a Fram2 statement ...

For the first time, the "Mission MushVroom" experiment on SpaceX's Fram2 mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in space. Left: Zinnmann via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. Right ...

The crew will conduct 22 experiments, including taking the first X-ray and growing mushrooms. The three-to-five-day flight is being lofted into space by a Falcon 9 booster. The mission is named ...

Scientists are trying to identify the best crops and farming techniques for future space travel to the Moon and Mars. They believe mushrooms could be the perfect crop as they can be grown rapidly ...

Flávia Fayet-Moore is a nutrition scientist studying how oyster mushrooms grow in space. She consulted with NASA and SpaceX to send the first fungi into orbit on a 3-day flight. Fayet-Moore says ...