What do you eat when you're two years from home and hurtling towards Mars? 

Come find out — and maybe even grow the answer yourself!

UWA Plants for Space has landed in Geraldton, and we're throwing open the doors of the Museum of Geraldton for two full days of free, drop-in, hands-on space science fun. No bookings. No stress. Just show up and go wild.

Roam our awesome gallery walk located in "The Wedge" and blow your mind with some of the biggest puzzles space scientists are cracking right now — how do you cook up the perfect light recipe for space crops? How do you keep a plant alive with almost zero resources? And how does a plant even know which way to grow when there's NO gravity?

Get stuck into our epic challenge stations:

• Plate up a real duckweed petri dish like a legit space scientist
• Nail the pipette challenge; steadiest hands win
• Take on the Space Garden Farmer digital game
• Dare yourself with our astronaut mystery sensory test
• Spy on plants up close through a real microscope

And the absolute STAR of the show?  Our Astro Garden. Dream up, design and build your very own space plant, then plant it in our giant Astro Garden display for everyone to see. What superpower will YOUR plant need to survive on Mars? Unbreakable roots? Glow-in-the-dark leaves? The wilder the better.

It's free. It's drop-in. It's the most fun you'll have thinking about salad. Ever.