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02.06 / 10:41
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NASA grows plants on Moon soil! Know what it means and what experts say
Plants can grow in Lunar soil! That NASA-funded study surely has made a breakthrough discovery. A first step towards the hope that one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the moon or during space missions will be possible. Well, in the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts used to bring samples of the lunar surface material, known as regolith, back to Earth, NASA mentioned in its report. The soil samples from the surface of the moon were saved for years for the research that was not yet imagined. That's what happened! Fifty years later, three of such lunar soil samples have been used to successfully grow plants.