Crop cultivation begins in the EDEN ISS Antarctic laboratory - Winter deployment begins for DLR researcher, Paul Zabel

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Crop cultivation begins in the EDEN ISS Antarctic laboratory - Winter deployment begins for DLR researcher, Paul Zabel

The time has come: the EDEN ISS laboratory in the Antarctic has been set up, the first seedlings have been placed in the growth cabinets, and after eight weeks, the majority of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) team has returned to Germany. For DLR scientist Paul Zabel the only member of the EDEN ISS team to remain in the Antarctic until the end of 2018, this means that his winter deployment on the Neumayer III station operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) has begun. Cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers will be the first home-grown crops at the world's southernmost tip. "Our aim is that there will always be something to harvest over the coming months," says DLR Project Manager, Daniel Schubert. After all, the harvest is intended to replenish the diet of the 10-person winter crew.


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