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KATERINA MALYOVANA

EDUARD PASICHNYK

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«Space Travel – Have Seeds Will Travel»

Kateryna Malyovana

Inna Shapovalenko

Eduard Pasichnyk

Vadym Kapliuk

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PROBLEM

  • During long space missions, astronauts cannot get enough vitamins from freeze-dried and prepackaged meals, as the vitamins begin to break down in them.
  • Special greenhouses have been developed in which plant foods can be grown for providing of astronauts with enough nutrients, and our methods can improve their productivity.

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UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGE AND OUR APPROACH

  • We understand that growing plants in space presents a number of challenges that could hinder the mission.
  • So, to prevent this from happening, we decided to find new ways to solve these problems and try to improve the existing methods for better productivity

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“VITAMIN TABLET”

  • Specifications:
  • Using of music and worms for better growing of plants
  • Landing surface area, m² - 0.765
  • The volume of the growing chamber, m³ - 0.66
  • The area of ​​the luminous surface of the luminaire, m² - 0.765
  • The number of root modules - 16
  • Root habitat - granular substrate with peat mixture and ML
  • The total volume of the root medium, dm³ - 40
  • Water supply system to root modules - forced through porous tubes
  • The amount of carbon dioxide for the capsule (0.66 m³) - from 0.00132 to 0.00396 m³

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HOW OPEN DATA AND SPACE AGENCY TECHNOLOGIES MADE OUR DECISION POSSIBLE

  • With the help of NASA data, we were able to study in detail the principles of growing plants in space, the problems associated with this and how space greenhouses work.
  • Also, we were able to determine in which direction we need to move, what technologies we can add and how to improve the existing ones

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OUR NEXT STEPS

  • In the future, we will improve the soil substitute to increase the quantity and quality of the crop and the water supply system for “smoother” plant nutrition.
  • If more time had been given, we would have done more research to identify more efficient and more efficient materials for growing vegetables

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WHICH WORK WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR OUR PROJECT IN THE FUTURE

  • During the hackathon, our team did a lot of work:
  • 1) We studied materials provided by NASA, enriched with knowledge about possible ways to organize normal vitamin nutrition in space,
  • 2) We worked out models which are suitable for our growing methods
  • Thanks to the hackathon, we learned new things and gained experience in working with similar tasks, which can help us in the future.
  • Our project is quite important, since in the future it will help to carry out longer space missions and will always keep the health of the crew normal.