Picture Collage & Time-Lapse Web Application

Kurzfassung

Growing fresh food in space or other extra-terrestrial environments is hard thing to do, but really essential. Fresh food provides essential vitamins, minerals and other useful macromolecules such as bio-active compounds to support crew health, and thereby functions as a countermeasure for the stresses associated with deep space exploration. Considering the symbiotic relationship between humans (carbon dioxide emitters) and plants (carbon dioxide absorbers), plant growth modules will also provide valuable oxygen to the crew and remove harmful carbon dioxide. EDEN ISS of DLR Bremen is an initiative that has been running since 2011, focused on Bio-regenerative Life Support Systems, especially greenhouse modules, and how these technologies can be integrated in future space habitats. The EDEN research group operates an experimental greenhouse facility near the polar research station Neumayer III of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Antarctica as part of the EDEN ISS project. In a semi-enclosed greenhouse system, innovative technologies and processes for the long-term stay of humans in space are tested in so-called analogue missions under Martian/Moon-like conditions regarding harsh environments, logistics and crew situations.[17] The container-sized greenhouse of the EDEN ISS project will provide year-round fresh food supplementation for the Neumayer Station III crew.[18] There are numerous cameras placed inside the greenhouse, whose main purpose is watching over the plant growth, but also other compartments that are within their frame. This thesis is about the making of an application that provides the DLR EDEN ISS team with a better observation solution of the plants and their changes through these cameras.