SVET ( Russian: свет, "light") was a plant cultivation unit on the Kristall module of the Mir space station. It was installed in 1990 and operated until 2001. [1] Brassica rapa was successfully grown there in 1997. [2] [3]
The project was a joint Russian-Bulgarian one, developed at the Space Research and Technology Institute in Sofia. [4]
16 June 1990: Onboard research on the Mir Space Station under the Interkosmos program begin with the Bulgarian-developed SVET space greenhouse ...