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Lettuce is the first food grown in space

Name: Lettuce is the first food grown in space
Uploaded: 2015-08-10T13:48:01-0400
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: For the first time astronauts have grown food in space. The experiment was designed to examine the viability of growing food for long-term missions. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood talks about space history with CBSN.

For the first time astronauts have grown food in space. The experiment was designed to examine the viability of growing food for long-term missions. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood talks about space history with CBSN.