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Space-flown Choctaw Nation seeds to be planted on Earth for STEM experiment

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Five varieties of heirloom seeds from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma were flown to the International Space Station in November 2023 .

Students at the Jones Academy boarding school for Native Americans in Oklahoma will plant the seeds in the school's Growing Hope Garden this spring .

The seeds' journey to space and subsequent garden experiments are also being added to the middle school's STEM curriculum.

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English

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