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Seeds in Space Newsletter

Women in Agriculture Free Webinar
8th October, 2021 6:30 pm AEDT
Come along and meet Carol and Deborah.
Carol is an applied entomologist (crop protection) andagricultural and environmental scientist and trainer. Sheis currently working in international technical capacity
development teams for the Department of Agriculture,Water and the Environment.
Deborah is currently managing the seed for sowing team in the Plant ImportOperations branch, at the Department of Agriculture, Water and theEnvironment. She assisted to get our wattle seeds to space!
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What’ll Happen to The Wattle??! Kit deliveries
As everyone is aware, there have been major delays in the post in Victoria and NSW in particular.
We intend on mailing out kits next week to schools that placed their kits on hold. This does not include schools thathave given a date for us to mail.
It will take a while for kits to arrive in schools due to delays. Please contact info@seedsinspace.com.au if you require
your kit to be held longer.

Asian Herb in Space schools
We would like you to know that some schools still have not started
and that is fine. Some schools are done and some locations have justbegun. In fact, we even have some places contacting us asking canthey be part of the program and we are saying yes!
So please go at your own pace.

Ask Geoffrey

Wattle Warriors

Geoffrey Goodes is our resident
horticulture expert.

Would you like to link up witha WHTW school in California?

If you have any questions for him – pleasereach out and put in the subject heading ofyour email ‘Ask Geoffrey’.

We have a number ofopportunities so reach out andexpress your interest.

Did you celebrate Wattle Day?

If so, please let us know info@seedsinspace.com.au.

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Asia Pacific Space Agency ForumJAXA have requested if there are any photos, videos or presentations that you
have of your AHiS or WHTW projects, they would like to hear about it. We will
be partnering with the Australian Space Agency and presenting about thisprogram at the Asia Pacific Space Agency Forum. So, if you would like yourprogram to be considered, please send information toinfo@seedsinspace.com.au

Wattle rocks!
Have you read the news?

WHTW Timeline and information
We have been asked about the timeline of the wattle seeds going to and fromspace.
The seeds were sent to JAXA on June 15, 2020.
The wattle seeds arrived at JAXA on June 22, 2020.
Then, the seeds were shipped from JAXA to USA on October 6, 2020.
They were launched on SpaceX 21 and docked on the ISS on December 7, 2020.
The splashed down on Earth from the ISS on SpaceX 22 July 8th, 2021.
The space flight wattle seeds arrived at JAXA on July 30, 2021.
The seeds then arrived in Australia on August 18, 2021.
Here is some added information:
https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/biz-lab/news/detail/001610.html

Mission Control: What’ll Happen to The Wattle??!
Students from Wyvern House Preparatory School have begun a project we have called ‘Mission Control: What’ll
Happen to The Wattle??!’. Students are growing a control experiment and researching the germination and growth ofour Acacia Pycnantha (Golden Wattle) seeds. Their research will assist us in comparing our growth rates andgermination rates.
Lindsay Bosch, their STEM teacher, approached One Giant Leap Australia Foundation seeing if we had any spare kits.
After discussions, we came up with a project and very quickly the students couldn’t wait to start! “The boys are loving‘being proper scientists’ in Year 4!”
So – if you have an idea for an extension project about the wattle or sweet basil seeds – we would like to talk about it
to you. You never know unless you ask!