As drought and extreme heat test American farmers more than ever, University of Florida researchers are looking to another harsh environment to create durable crops: space.  

Wagner Vendrame, professor in the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (UF/IFAS) environmental horticulture department and part of UF’s Astraeus Space Institute, will send four types of UF-bred seeds to the International Space Station on Thursday afternoon on the payload of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Cape Canaveral launch will take a manned crew to the ISS via SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.  

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