Two kilograms of rocket seeds supplied by Tozer Seeds will shortly take off from Florida bound for the International Space Station.
British astronaut Tim Peake has invited school children to help him in an experiment to learn more about how to grow food in space. Tim wants the children to plant the seeds of rocket leaves that have been in orbit and compare their growth with normal plants. The project will give around half a million UK children the chance to learn how science in space contributes to our knowledge of life on earth. The project, aptly named Rocket Science is being run by The Royal Horticultural Society and the UK Space Agency.
After several months on board, the seeds will return to land in the Pacific Ocean in the spring of 2016. Children are being asked to apply to do scientific experiments on the seeds to find out whether six months in space has affected them in any way.
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