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[NHK] About 50 years ago, the "Apollo Program" that sent humankind to the surface of the moon succeeded in cultivating plants using the soil brought back from the moon for the first time.

The researchers at the University of Florida (UF) in the US showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow in lunar soil.

Their study, published in the journal Communications Biology, also investigated how plants respond biologically to the Moons soil, also known as lunar regolith

Scientists are celebrating having taken the first steps toward growing plants on the Moon

This research comes as NASAs Artemis Program plans to return humans to the Moon

This research comes as NASA's Artemis Program plans to return humans to the Moon

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.In a new paper published in the journal “Communications Biology,” University of Florida researchers showed that plants can suc

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a watershed moment in lunar and space exploration. In a new research paper published in the journal Communications Biology on May 12, 2022, University of...

See the first pictures of plants growing in soil from the moon.

In the study researchers showed that the arabidopsis plant – thale cress – can successfully grow in soil collected during the Apollo missions.