NASA germ free plant research. Historical image of germ free plants grown as part of research to establish the exact mineral needs of the plants to en

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NASA germ free plant research. Historical image of germ free plants grown as part of research to establish the exact mineral needs of the plants to enable their successful growth in space. From left: lettuce, tomato and citrus. Photographed at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), in 1971.

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