This specimen is an incredible packet of space-flown tomato seeds!

In 1984, NASA launched the Long Duration Exposure Facility, a module designed to stay in low Earth orbit and gather data on how space exposure would affect certain materials. There were many experiments aboard, including canisters containing 12.5 million tomato seeds. These seeds were sent to study how zero-g exposure would affect their growth rate. The LDEF was retrieved over five years later, and the seeds were distributed to students in universities, high schools, and elementary schools across the country to experiment with as part of the Space Exposed Tomato Seeds project, or SEEDS.

This specimen is one of the packets of space-flown seeds prepared by NASA. Thousands of schools around the United States received packets like this to gather data and reported that once planted, these tomato seeds grew noticeably faster than the control group of regular seeds.

International Shipping: Due to customs regulations, this product can only be shipped to customers in the US.

Note: These tomato seeds are quite old at this point, and we cannot guarantee they will still germinate. They are intended for use as a unique display item rather than planting.