Texas A&M Sending Grape Seeds to the International Space Station

Food & Wine reports that Texas A&M AgriLife researchers will send hundreds of seeds from three Texas-adapted wine-grape varieties to the International Space Station for six months, investigating whether cosmic radiation produces genetic changes that affect germination, vine development, resilience, grape yield or quality. After returning, the seeds will be planted alongside unexposed controls and assessed genetically and agronomically, with researchers ultimately hoping to make wine from any successful vines.