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Colorado lab working with BioServe to send hemp and coffee research to space

Hemp leaves in a laboratory.

Hemp leaves in a laboratory.

A Colorado research laboratory is teaming up with a space-tech firm and ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ research institute to send hemp and coffee into outer space, in order to learn more about the power plants.

Front Range Biosciences team has partnered with BioServe Space Technologies, a ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ institute that studies microgravity life science, to send hemp and coffee to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-20, a cargo flight scheduled for March 2020, according to Front Range.

The study calls for 480 plant-cell cultures to reside in an incubator aboard the ISS for about a month, with environmental conditions monitored remotely at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ by BioServe.