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Design of Spaceflight Hardware for Plant Growth in a Sealed Habitat for Experiments on the Moon

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|Dec 2022

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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 44
Published on: Dec 25, 2022
Published by: American Society for Gravitational and Space Research
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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