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Nigerian Space Scientist Sends Egusi Seeds to ISS in Landmark Experiment

Dr Temidayo Oniosun, Founder and Managing Director of Space in Africa, sent egusi melon seeds to the International Space Station on August 1, marking the first time an object from Nigeria has reached orbit and the first time a West African crop has been included in a space-based agricultural study.

The seeds launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral as part of a multinational agricultural payload on NASA's Crew-11 mission to the ISS.

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