A group of Nogales students is taking their curiosity to new heights, literally. A science experiment designed by Team Icarus, a group of middle schoolers from Nogales, is now orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station.

In August, the students project, a crop of green beans suspended in gel, launched on a SpaceX shuttle. The experiments goal focuses on how microgravity affects the plants root growth.

For Team Icarus member Alexis Simon, now a sophomore at Nogales High School, the project represents years of budding scientific interest.

During COVID, I was actually interested in epidemiology, and then I became more interested in genetics at the age of 10, Simon said, adding that she later grew interested in space as a way to test genetic issues. Theres lots of different ways t

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