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LDEF Tomato Seeds Mission: Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)   Launch: April 6, 1984 STS-41C Challenger   Landing: January 20, 1990 STS-32 Columbia   Duration: 5 years, 9 months, 14 days   Comment: Completed 32,422 Earth orbits This packet holds tomato seeds that were flown on-board the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in Canister 5 (layers C and D) under a thermal cover in the school bus- size cylindrical satellite's peripheral tray. These seeds are from among the 12.5 million that were in orbit for nearly 6 years - five more than was originally planned as a result of postponements and the loss of Space Shuttle Challenger. back to Artifacts © 1999-2010 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com