SOUTH AFRICA’S SPACE TEA BREAKTHROUGH
South Africa’s Rooibos industry is preparing for a groundbreaking space mission that will see 17,346 Rooibos seeds sent to the International Space Station (ISS).
The seeds will be exposed to microgravity and space radiation inside a specialised Nanolab before returning to Earth for extensive testing.
The project marks the first time a South African indigenous plant seed has been sent into space for this type of research.
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