St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: January 13, 2022

St. Louis MO

14 January, 2022

9:31 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: January 13, 2022 On this date in 1990, astronauts aboard the space shuttle mission STS-32 were woken up using the song Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. This was in reference to the student SEEDS experiment that sent 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit aboard the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.