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Rob Ferl has spent his career working with NASA

Late Tuesday night Pacific time, on its third try, NASA's new rocket, and the first Artemis moon mission, is scheduled for liftoff.

The Little Prince was able to grow a rose on an asteroidal surface, and it looks like we'll soon have a garden on the Moon. News

For the first time, scientists have successfully grown plants using lunar soil gathered from previous missions to the Moon.

Researchers at the University of Florida have found that plants can grow in moon soil, collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions, according to a study published Thursday.

"For years, we were asking this question: Would plants grow in lunar soil," says Rob Ferl. "The answer, it turns out, is yes."

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First in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration, scientists from the University of Florida grow plants in Moon soil

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

In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil