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

To conduct the experiment, NASA provided the soil of Moon, which is also called lunar regolith, to the researchers at the University of Florida. The soil given for the experiment had come from Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions to the Moon. All the plants had germinated within 48 to 60 hours, as per the study  

It's another breakthrough in space science as for the first time, researchers have successfully grown plants on soil from the moon. We could be seeing the first space plant. Another first in history!

For the first time in history, plants sprouted on the earth from Lunar soil. NASA which funded the research said that this experiment using the Apollo Moon sample could shape the future of sustainable astronaut missions to deep space. Researchers at the University of Florida received moon soil, also called lunar regolith, from NASA to conduct the experiment. The small samples

The milestone in lunar and space exploration is the first step towards one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the Moon or during space missions.