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Simulation Chambers

Caption: Special chambers had to be built to create conditions similar to the moon and Mars for NASA-funded project aimed at finding ways to grow plants in space. The research is being done by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists.

Credit: (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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