Chickpeas Grown on Moondust For the First Time, Unlocking Doors to Food Production For Lunar Missions in the Future

Photo credit: Kyle Killam via Pexels. Article by Kendra Stacy. Science Times – February 5, 2024. Preprint paper: bioRxiv.

For the first time, chickpeas have successfully grown in soil containing moondust. This milestone unlocks doors for food production on the coming lunar missions.

Moondust-Grown Chickpeas

The chickpeas were grown by researchers from Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. These researchers grew the food in mixtures consisting of 70% moondust, or lunar regolith. This was according to the preprint paper that notes the findings. […]

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