Tim Peake schools seed experiment results released
Six hundred thousand school children have discovered that seeds that have been in space grow almost as well as those that have stayed on Earth. It suggests vibrations during launch, temperature fluctuations, cosmic rays and microgravity do not prevent seeds from germinating and growing. The Royal Horticultural Society and UK Space Agency gave BBC News exclusive access to the results. Read more
Tim Peake asks for help in space food science experiment
Britain's astronaut, Tim Peake, has invited school children to help him in an experiment to learn more about how to grow food in space. They will plant seeds of rocket leaves that have been in orbit and compare their growth with normal plants. Read more
NASA Delivers Space Seeds to Park Seed How many Ph.D.s does it take to open a NASA space seed container? That was just one of the many questions discussed when Dr. Bill Kinard from NASA visited Park Seed Company recently to deliver approximately 1 million Cinnamon Basil seeds that spent a year orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station. The seeds were donated by Park Seed as part of their long-standing Seeds in Space partnership with NASA. Now that the space seeds are back home in Greenwood, South Carolina, they will be packed and eventually made available to students around the U.S. for science projects. Park Seed and NASA have been jointly promoting hands-on science education since 1983.