🇿🇦 South Africa 1d ago · Nereesha Patel

Rooibos plant seeds on course for launch into space

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Rooibos plant seeds on course for launch into space
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South Africans know that rooibos tea is simply out of this world – and in a few months’ time, this will become a literal reality.



For the first time in history, more than 17 000 rooibos plant seeds will be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) for scientific experimentation.



ROOIBOS: FROM SA TO NASA



As part of the South African Rooibos Council’s (SARC’s) “Rooibos in Space” initiative – in collaboration with MaxIQ Space – a total of 17 346 rooibos seeds will be flown to the ISS

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