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Space Shuttle

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Space Shuttle

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Auction Date:2011 Sep 22 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Presented is a 4 x 2.5 unopened foil packet of “space exposed” tomato seeds. The packet is protectively sealed in clear plastic. Millions of tomato seeds were sent into space aboard the 1984 space shuttle Challenger STS-41C mission, as part of NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility to observe the effects of deep space on the seeds. The cargo remained in Earth orbit for 5 years until 1989, when Columbia Shuttle Mission STS-32 retrieved the packets and the seeds were returned to Earth. They were then distributed to over 3 million students for use in science experiments—one of the largest science experiments ever.