To grow potatoes he needs water ... but it does collect CO 2 from the Martian atmosphere and stores it in liquid form. It does this as one step in producing rocket fuel used later to blast ...

One of Wamelink’s next big experiments is to perfect the Martian potato. Turns out, potatoes grow extremely well in Wamelink’s garden. But they just don’t grow to be very large. Wamelink ...

In the bestselling sci-fi novel and upcoming movie "The Martian," astronaut and botanist Mark Watney survives on Mars for over a year, largely thanks to his ingenious potato crop. But is it ...

The potato-shaped moon was visible in front of ... is an asteroid-sized moon orbiting a few thousand miles (or kilometers) above the Martian surface and continuing to fall towards the planet.