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Gravity Probe B mission begins collecting science to test Einstein's theory

  

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For release: 04/25/02
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Students' hands-on science experience pays off; 290 biotechnology experiments from nine states now on International Space Station

  • Students from nine states now have experiments on the International Space Station that will add to basic scientific knowledge and may lead to discoveries to improve life on Earth.


  • Students from Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia participated in the biotech experiments, delivered to the Space Station this month.


  • Working with scientists from the University of California, Irvine, students prepared, froze and sealed biological solutions in small tubes that will form crystals in space.


  • Space Station astronauts and scientists on Earth study how microgravity affects these protein crystals — biological substances that hold some of the most important secrets of life.


  • The lead scientist for these experiment worked side by side with students on this program. He will answer questions about the experiments, their importance to science and the students.
Who: Dr. Alexander McPherson
Biochemist, experiment lead scientist
University of California, Irvine
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