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

Learning how to grow mushrooms is a good project for the winter because many basements will get too warm in the summer for ideal conditions. Mushrooms can tolerate some light, but the spot you ...

"Successfully growing edible mushrooms in space represents a significant ... astronauts' daily dose of vitamin D when exposed to UV light, potentially replacing one of the key supplements ...