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Hundreds of seeds, fungi, algae, and human DNA samples will make their maiden voyage aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The mission is hoping to be the first to send plant tissues and seeds into a polar low Earth orbit and back, to allow scientists to study how biological systems are affected by the harsh levels of radiation found high above Earth ’s poles.
The information they glean, researchers hope, could one day help spacefarers grow crops on other planets.
Scientists are working on NASA 's LEAF mission, a lunar plant-growth experiment that will go to the moon with Artemis III in 2027 .
They will breed generations of clones from the space seeds to study genetic changes and plant adaptations.
The second phase of their study will involve simulating Martian soil conditions and growing plants in controlled low-gravity environments on Earth .
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