An update on the world’s first cultural crop payload!
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 docked with the International Space Station on August 2, and the seeds had a brief stay in space, during which ISS astronauts photographed them.
Then on August 9, the seeds returned safely to Earth along with Crew-10. Jaguar Space CEO Luis Zea packaged them up for study after retrieving them from NASA.
Photograph of four different seed samples, still in their vials, resting on a paper chart with a ruler for scale, taken after the sample were sent to and returned from the International Space Station.
Photograph of four different seed samples on a paper chart with a ruler for scale, taken after the sample were sent to and returned from the International Space Station.
Two carousels of seed samples are sitting on a table in a lab.
The hand of an astronaut is seen holding up a carousel of seed samples while onboard the International Space Station.