Elon Musk sends ants, avocados, lemon & ice-cream to space
As part of its latest launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX sent an ant cargo, avocados, and a human-data-sized robotic arm to the international Space Station. The company's 23rd supply to nasa in just under a decade will arrive on Monday.
In the early morning hours, NASA's Kennedy Space Center launched an unused Falcon rocket. "A Shortfall of Gravitas," SpaceX's newest ocean platform, landed upright after lifting the Dragon capsule.
To honour the late science fiction writer Iain Banks and his culture trilogy, SpaceX founder Elon Musk named his booster-recovery vehicles.
A total of 4,800 pounds (2,170 kilogrammes) worth of supplies and experiments will be carried by Dragon to the international Space Station by the crew of seven astronauts.
While the girl Scouts are sending up ants, brine shrimp, and plants, university of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are sending up mouse-ear cress seeds, a tiny flowering plant used in genetic studies, as test subjects for their experiments in space. Concrete and other things such as solar panels will likewise be weightless.
Scientists from the university of Wisconsin-Madison are flying up seeds from mouse-ear cress, a tiny flowering weed used in genetic studies, while girl Scouts are sending up ants, brine shrimp, and plants as test subjects. Weightlessness will also be applied to concrete, solar cells, and other materials.
Meanwhile, an experimental robotic arm developed by a Japanese start-up firm will attempt to screw objects together in orbit and do other boring tasks typically performed by astronauts. The initial experiments will take place within the space station. Future generations of Gitai Inc.'s robot will go into space's vacuum to perform satellite and other maintenance tasks, according to the company's chief technology officer.
In the early morning hours, NASA's Kennedy Space Center launched an unused Falcon rocket. "A Shortfall of Gravitas," SpaceX's newest ocean platform, landed upright after lifting the Dragon capsule.
To honour the late science fiction writer Iain Banks and his culture trilogy, SpaceX founder Elon Musk named his booster-recovery vehicles.
A total of 4,800 pounds (2,170 kilogrammes) worth of supplies and experiments will be carried by Dragon to the international Space Station by the crew of seven astronauts.
While the girl Scouts are sending up ants, brine shrimp, and plants, university of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are sending up mouse-ear cress seeds, a tiny flowering plant used in genetic studies, as test subjects for their experiments in space. Concrete and other things such as solar panels will likewise be weightless.
Scientists from the university of Wisconsin-Madison are flying up seeds from mouse-ear cress, a tiny flowering weed used in genetic studies, while girl Scouts are sending up ants, brine shrimp, and plants as test subjects. Weightlessness will also be applied to concrete, solar cells, and other materials.
Meanwhile, an experimental robotic arm developed by a Japanese start-up firm will attempt to screw objects together in orbit and do other boring tasks typically performed by astronauts. The initial experiments will take place within the space station. Future generations of Gitai Inc.'s robot will go into space's vacuum to perform satellite and other maintenance tasks, according to the company's chief technology officer.