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Time Lapse Shows Successful Wheat Experiment Springing to Life in Space

NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat on the International Space Station has hosted Dwarf Wheat and a flowering plant called Arabidopsis

NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat on the International Space Station has hosted Dwarf Wheat and a flowering plant called Arabidopsis. The latest video from the project shows a time lapse of the wheat crop. The growing area is used to test which conditions work best for plants grown on the space station. Humidity, temperature, oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels are carefully monitored.

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