Space Station starts yet another LED horticultural project

NASA has taken on yet another LED horticultural task to go along with the continuing onboard botanical lighting projects of the Space Station. In the newest case, the objective of the horticulture is as much about testing an imaging system as it is about studying plant growth. LEDs (Magazine) has learned that astronaut Chris Cassidy spent a considerable part of two days in June setting up what NASA calls Spectrum-001. The system uses white and tunable LEDs to nurture the growth of small plants and yeasts in petri dishes.