From selecting the right type of plants and the right type of lighting, to dreaming up water delivery systems that work in zero gravity, the ISS team are currently growing food in an environment alien to plant life - and our NXplorers teams are doing the same back home on earth.
As we explored above, a NXplorers team in Qatar have made inhospitable soil fertile using magnetised water. In Oman, a team of NXplorers are using paper to feed their plants. And in Singapore, NXplorers are taking plant growing out onto the open seas.
Oman: The sea of banana palms
In Oman, the Awasir team reimagined the simple banana as as a flourishing eco-system, improving bio diversity and creating economic wealth through the production of eco friendly products.
Training Reimagined - Indonesia
In Indonesia, the team has just completed their Train-the-Trainer programme ahead of the first cycle of NXplorers programmes in schools later this year.
Training Reimagined - Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the team has just completed their Train-the-Trainer programme ahead of a first-of-its-kind NXplorers programme with teachers this year.