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With the help of Boeing and Oklahoma State University, Choctaw Nation heirloom seeds were sent out last November on SpaceX’s 29th Commercial Resupply Services mission. Seeds of Sweet potato squash (isito), Smith peas (tobi), flour corn (tanchi tohbi), lambsquarter greens (tvnishi), and Choctaw peas (chukfi) were sent to outer space.

Jones Academy students await return of Choctaw Nation heirloom seeds from space

Britny Cordera

Choctaw Nation heirloom seeds are now on the International Space Station. Five types of seeds will be exposed to the conditions of outer space for the next few months before returning to Earth in April.

Apollo 13 astronauts Fred W. Haise, James A. Lovell and John L. Swigert, left to right, leave a helicopter to step aboard carrier Iwo Jima in the Pacific ocean after their successful recovery on Friday, April 17, 1970.

Science Technology and Environment

Apollo 13 astronaut to visit Oklahoma City for book signing, Q&A session

Nyk Daniels

An astronaut who survived the historic Apollo 13 moon mission is making a stop in the metro.

Mann showed students the dreamcatcher she brought with her to the International Space Station.

Science Technology and Environment

Students send the Osage language to space and hear back from Indigenous astronaut Nicole Mann

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NASA astronaut Nicole Mann spoke live from the International Space Station to Osage County students as she answered their questions about space.

The space station as photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation on May 23, 2010.

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NASA astronauts prepare to answer Osage students' questions from orbit

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Astronauts will speak live from space with Osage students on Wednesday. The name of the event, 𐓻𐓣͘𐓤𐓘𐓻𐓣͘ 𐓘𐓬𐓘 𐓨𐓣͘𐓥𐓘𐓤’𐓟 𐓪𐓥𐓣͘𐓟 𐓘𐓬𐓙, translates to "the children are talking to the stars.”

This 1969 photo released by NASA shows a boot print made by astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Science Technology and Environment

Preserving Footprints On The Moon: Historian And Author Discusses 'Apollo’s Legacy.'

Richard Bassett

Roger Launius is an aerospace historian and writer who’s worked for NASA and the Smithsonian. His new book is titled, “Apollo’s Legacy: Perspectives on…

Bipartisan Letter Urges Bridenstine’s Confirmation As NASA Administrator

Caroline Halter

Last week, 61 U.S. representatives signed a letter urging Senate leadership to confirm Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, as NASA administrator. His…

Bipartisan Letter Urges Bridenstine’s Confirmation As NASA Administrator

Caroline Halter

Last week, 61 U.S. representatives signed a letter urging Senate leadership to confirm Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Oklahoma, as NASA administrator. His…

U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) speaking during a 2013 town hall meeting.

Politics and Government

U.S. Rep. Bridenstine Could Get Top NASA Post

Jacob McCleland

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, met with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team and is under consideration to be NASA’s top administrator.The…

Berrien Moore, vice president of the University of Oklahoma’s weather and climate programs, talks with Sean Crowell, senior research scientist, at the school’s campus in Norman Friday.

Energy

How Joint OU, NASA Project Could Help Oklahoma’s Energy, Agriculture Industry

Brian Hardzinski

NASA has awarded a five-year, $166 million grant to the University of Oklahoma to study how carbon interacts with the land, the atmosphere, and the…