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iss070e028324 (Nov. 21, 2023) --- Five varieties of seeds provided by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma are pictured inside the cupola as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. The seeds are exposed to microgravity for several months then returned to Earth and planted next to the same seeds left on Earth for comparison. The space botany experiment is promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education among tribal members.
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