Valentine's Day in Space: Cosmic Love Photos

By Space.com Staff
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Miniature Space Rose Flown on NASA Shuttle

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A miniature rose grows in a special Astroculture chamber as part of a 1998 space shuttle mission experiment to study new scents in space.

'Space Rose' Adds New Year's Parade to 5.3 Million Mile Journey

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A "Tournament of Roses" rose, seen here with astronaut Rex Walheim, floated in Earth orbit in February 2008 before riding on a float in the 2009 Rose Parade.

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