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Plants successfully sprout from lunar soil for the 1st time ever
Placing a plant grown during the experiment in a vial for eventual genetic analysis. (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS via NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers.