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Texas wine grapes launch to space for research mission
Researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife are sending hundreds of grape seeds to the International Space Station, where the seeds will spend approximately six months exposed to cosmic radiation before returning to Earth for planting and study.
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Researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife are sending hundreds of grape seeds to the International Space Station for a six‑month exposure to cosmic radiation. After the orbital period, the seeds will return to Earth for planting and analysis, with the aim of producing what could become the first wine made from grapes that have traveled through space. The experiment is part of the TAMU‑SPIRIT research mission, a first‑of‑its‑kind orbital platform aboard the ISS described as a “satellite campus in space” for diverse scientific projects.
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