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These are the first plants grown in moon dust

For a plant, that's one modest stem, but for plant science, it's a big leap. The first seedlings ever seeded in lunar dirt have sprouted in a tiny, lab-grown garden. This little crop, which was sown in Apollo mission samples, gives hope that astronauts would be able to cultivate their own food on the moon in the future.

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