Abstract
There are various types of human nutrition, but the most irreplaceable and important type of human nutrition
both on earth and in space stations is plants. Growing plant foods in space has become possible thanks to
modern advances in agricultural technology. This scientific work is aimed at studying the creation of optimal
conditions for growing plants that are used for human nutrition on space stations. During the work, plants and
soils types were selected for space station conditions. For this purpose, a two-stage experiment was conducted.
In the first experiment, plants that were most suitable for growing in space station conditions were experimentally selected. The soil types that were used in the second experiment were determined empirically.
Our research has shown that soils that have been used in a hydroponic system can replace traditional soil in
the extreme conditions of space. Then, in the second stage, the effectiveness of the selected soils was compared
by growing certain plants in hydrogel, perlite and in a mixture of the two soils.