How Artemis Astronauts Plan to Grow Plants on the Moon | WIRED

As NASA ramps up the Artemis program, growing plants using water and soil from the moon could become a necessity during longer duration stays there. When space biologists recently grew plants in actual moon soil, it was a game changer. WIRED spoke with Sharmila Bhattacharya to find out exactly how they did it.

Director: Lisandro Perez-Ray
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Sharmila Bhattacharya
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Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez  
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila  
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Junior Editor: Paul Tael

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