Rooibos Is Heading to Space in a First for South African Science

South African Rooibos Is Heading To Space In Groundbreaking First

[Image: Pixabay] In October this year, Rooibos seeds will be travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a new initiative, Rooibos in Space. Combines cutting-edge space research with hands-on science education for South African learners, the project was launched at Parklands College’s Innovation Centre in Cape Town, bringing together experts in from various sectors, including education, agriculture and space science. With Rooi…

Rooibos is heading to space in a first for South African science

South Africa’s beloved Rooibos tea is preparing for an extraordinary journey — one that will take it far beyond the Cederberg mountains and into orbit. In a first for the country, Rooibos seeds will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year as part of the newly launched Rooibos in Space initiative, a project that combines cutting-edge space research with hands-on science education for South African learners. The programme w…

South Africa to send rooibos seeds to the International Space Station in October

South Africa plans to send the indigenous rooibos seeds to the ISS in October as part of a space agriculture experiment involving Cederberg schools.

Rooibos seeds to make historic journey to International Space Station

The mission, believed to be the first to send seeds from an indigenous South African plant species into space, will see the rooibos seeds flown to the United States in August before being launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a planned October mission to the ISS. The seeds will spend about six weeks in orbit before returning to Earth. Dawie de Villiers, director of the South African Rooibos Council (SARC) told Farmer’s Weekly following…