Source: WUNC, 7/16/21


After weeks hovering around the planet in the International Space Station, an experiment by N.C. State University microbiologists and other researchers has returned to earth. All that's left for researchers is to analyze the plants and data they provide about how their genetic code is altered while growing in low and micro-gravity. Which could help figure out whether humans could grow plants where they might one day live, like Mars or the moon.

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