Space Tango, Partners to Conduct Hemp Research on Space Station

Space Tango is team with Atalo Holdings and Anavii Market to conduct research on hemp seeds aboard the International Space Station.

“The venture will explore the various aspects of hemp, but particularly those associated with biomedical and health uses, focusing on enhancing hemp’s applications, efficacy and value,” Anavii Market said in a post on its website.

“When we send plants to the International Space Station, we eliminate one core, constant force, to which plants are well-adapted – gravity,” said Dr. Joe Chappell, a member of the Space Tango Science Advisory Team.

“When plants are ‘stressed,’ they pull from a genetic reservoir to produce compounds that allow them to adapt and survive,” he added. “Understanding how plants react in an environment where the traditional stress of gravity is removed can provide new insights into how adaptations come about and how researchers might take advantage of such changes for the discovery of new characteristics, traits, biomedical applications and efficacy.”

Space Tango is spinning off as yet-unnamed company to conduct microgravity research on hemp and other plants.