Long before our ecosystems were created by hand in our laboratories, their story began in an unexpected place — NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
There, scientists explored how self-sustaining life support systems could thrive in closed environments — a vision meant for space, but one that would later find its way into homes and museums around the world.​

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Below, you’ll find a screenshot from NASA’s official Technical Reports Server, where the foundation of this extraordinary idea first appeared.