Rhubarb seeds bound for ISS

Rhubarb seeds bound for ISS

Photo taken in Shichigahama in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 26, 2021, shows a glass bottle containing seeds of rhubarb, a vegetable used in jam and cake, for example. The seeds, collected from areas hard hit by the March 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan, will be transported to the International Space Station aboard a NASA rocket set for launch in May.

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