Science center to show off harvest

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Infinity Science Center on May 7 will show off its first major aeroponically-grown lettuce harvest from the center's Controlled Environment Agriculture exhibit. The exhibit demonstrates methods astronauts on long-duration space missions can use to grow food, in this case lettuce grown without soil. The prototype exhibit was developed and built by Innovative Imaging and Research with funding from the SSC's Chief Technologist's Office and the University of Southern Mississippi's Business and Innovation Assistance Center, in partnership with the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology. (Source: NASA/SSC, 05/03/12) The Infinity Science Center is located south of Interstate 10 at Exit 2, not far from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line.