{"id":404,"date":"2025-04-25T16:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmseducation.org\/shux\/?p=404"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:12:17","slug":"crop-seeds-and-sprouts-on-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmseducation.org\/shux\/crop-seeds-and-sprouts-on-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop Seeds and Sprouts on ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Crops on ISS experiment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scientists are sending six types of crop seeds to the International Space Station (ISS) to see how they grow in space. Space is a very different place\u2014there\u2019s no gravity, and everything floats! This affects how plants grow. Scientists will check how fast the crops grow and look at their genes to see how space changes them. 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