Dr. Ed Rosenthal, D.Sc., a Space Technology Hall of Fame inductee whose work helped NASA grow vegetables on the International Space Station, will conduct an open presentation about the rapidly developing science of space agriculture.

Rosenthal helped develop a controlled-release fertilizer that functions in microgravity - a technology NASA tested and later adopted for growing vegetables on the International Space Station. He worked with NASA’s Veggie team to supply plant nutrients used by astronauts cultivating leafy greens in orbit.

Rosenthal said watching the first plants grown in space with his team’s fertilizer was a milestone he still finds difficult to describe.

“It’s hard to explain the pride you feel being able to help your country achieve that,” he said. “The first crop of food

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