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SVET plant growth system

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Sketch of the Kristall module indicating the position of the SVET Greenhouse

SVET (Russian: свет, "light") was a plant cultivation unit on the Kristall module of the Mir space station. It was installed in 1990 and operated until 2001.[1] Brassica rapa was successfully grown there in 1997.[2][3]

The project was a joint Russian-Bulgarian one, developed at the Space Research and Technology Institute in Sofia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mishev, Dimitar (2004). Space Research in Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). Marin Drinov Publishing House. p. 162. ISBN 954-430-994-2. 16 June 1990: Onboard research on the Mir Space Station under the Interkosmos program begin with the Bulgarian-developed SVET space greenhouse ...
  2. ^ "SVET Plant Growth System". astrobotany.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ T. Ivanova, et al., First Successful Space Seed-to-Seed Plant Growth Experiment in the SVET-2 Space Greenhouse in 1997
  4. ^ Ivanova, Tanya (2002). "Greenhouse aboard MIR shows plants can thrive in space" (PDF). 21st Century Science & Technology: 41–49.