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International Space Station: a flower germinated in the cosmos...

Houston, Usa - With the food autonomy given by the future greenhouses, the orbiting station more terrestrial outpost in the universe

"Yes, there are other life forms in space!": with this exclamation the NASA's cosmonaut Scott Kelly started off from ISS (International Space Station) by a post on the social networks. "Yes, there are other life forms into the space", telling an exceptional event: the bloom of the first "Terrestrial" flower into the space. A Zinnia, family of the "Asteracee", planted in the small cosmoshouses of ISS...

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Rome, Italy, 01/19/2016 18:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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