NASA, USDA get their green thumbs dirty

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NASA, USDA get their green thumbs dirty

Cold weather did not deter NASA officials and Washington-area students from helping first lady Michelle Obama plant seedlings in the White House Kitchen Garden on...

Michael O'Connell@moconnellWFED

April 6, 2016 9:48 am

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Seedlings of the same variety of lettuce that was grown on the International Space Station are seen here before being planted by first lady Michelle Obama, NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, astronaut Cady Coleman, and students from schools across the country.

(NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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