#TBT: STS-81 Atlantis Launches -- Jan. 12, 1997

On January 12, 1997, the space shuttle Atlantis STS-81 launched from Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis returned carrying the first plants to complete a life cycle in space, a crop of wheat grown from seed to seed.

 

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