

In 2015, 2kg of salad seeds was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) with British astronaut Tim Peake.

The UK, meanwhile, has also performed its own experiments with space seeds. The RAS said it has followed up various leads without success, adding that Kew Gardens and the Jodrell Bank Arboretum have no records of these seeds.Įarlier this year, Nasa released a map of the locations of the known Moon Trees but these did not include places in the UK.

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