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Tomato plants are growing in the Veggie Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS). Veggie PONDS is a direct follow on to the Veg 01 and Veg 03 hardware and plant growth validation tests. PONDS is planned for use during Veg 04 and Veg 05 on the International Space Station after the Veggie PONDS Validation flights on SpaceX 14 and OA 9

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