MISSION POSSIBLE - biological space mission
What are we sending?
■ 100 grams of seeds from 23 plant species – including native Hungarian varieties ■ In collaboration with local producers
How will the samples travel?
■ aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base
■ using The Exploration Company’s Nyx medium-sized space capsule
■ with the help of the MayaSat-1 cubesat biological incubator
■ Rocket launch: 2025
■ to polar Earth orbit and back to Earth
■ in partnership with Genesis SFL
■ with 1,000 samples on board
Research objectives: serving Earth and Space
■ comprehensive analysis of the returned seeds with industrial and scientific partners
■ breeding plants capable of surviving in space environments
■ contributing to space missions and supporting sustainable agriculture on Earth, as well as maintaining long-term human presence in space
Educational objectives: for future generations
■ establishing educational space plant parks in Hungary
■ engaging students in the intersection of sustainable agriculture and space
research
■ science communication: promoting space exploration, colonization, and sustainability to students and the general public
