WHY ARE WE SENDING A STUDENT-DESIGNED DNA EXPERIMENT
EQUIPMENT TO OBSERVE THUNDERSTORMS
AND PLANT SEEDS TO THE SPACE STATION?
NEW EXPERIMENTS WILL SOON ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY AND FUTURE MISSIONS TO SPACE
HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT’S ABOARD SPACEX’S 28TH CARGO MISSION FOR NASA
Thunderstorm observation equipment could improve understanding of Earth’s climate and weather.
A CubeSat will observe space weathering of geological samples and compare to processes on planetary bodies like asteroids.
Growing a second generation of plant seeds in space could show whether gene changes transfer to future generations.
A student-designed DNA experiment will test a technique to measure telomere length in microgravity.
A CubeSat with a wide-angle camera will observe thawing of Arctic ice and permafrost to monitor Earth's climate.
THESE EXPERIMENTS JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
ABOARD THE ORBITING LABORATORY.
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