The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – Israeli chickpea seeds will be among the supplies and equipment sent to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month for a series of experiments aimed at controlling the growth of crops via technology. Contained for optimal growth in a small device called a “miniature greenhouse,” they will be delivered on Feb. 19 as part of Northrop Grumman’s 17th commercial resupply services mission to the ISS, aboard its Cygnus spacecraft. The special greenhouses are well-suited for travel to the moon, which will be the next...