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UF documentary on PBS follows scientist Rob Ferl’s 2024 Blue Origin spaceflight

A new PBS documentary produced by the University of Florida chronicles space biologist Rob Ferl’s 2024 voyage aboard a Blue Origin rocket, centering on the years of laboratory research that preceded the mission. The film, tied to UF’s Space Plants Lab, goes behind the scenes of Ferl’s work on plant growth in orbit rather than focusing solely on the launch itself.

Sources: UF News