  The United Nations Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI) aims at promoting
international cooperation in human spaceflight and space exploration-related
activities; creating awareness among countries on the benefits of utilizing
human space technology and its applications; and building capacity in
microgravity education and research. HSTI has been conducting various
scientific activities to promote microgravity education and research. The
primary science activity is called 'Zero-gravity Instrument Distribution
Project', in which one-axis clinostats will be distributed worldwide. The
distribution project will provide unique opportunities for students and
researchers to observe the growth of indigenous plants in their countries in a
simulated microgravity condition and is expected to create a huge dataset of
plant species with their responses to gravity.
