NASA Flowers Harvested on the Ground and in Space for Deep-Space Food Crop Research

Zinnia plants from the Veggie ground control experiment at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida were harvested Feb. 11 in the same way that crew member Scott Kelly will harvest the zinnias growing in the Veggie system aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 14—Valentine’s Day. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/flowers-harvested-on-the-ground-and-in-space-for-deep-space-food-crop-research