Twelve secondary pupils from London have become the first youngsters in Europe to have their science experiments launched into space.
The real-life experiments were sent into space earlier this month and are being monitored for 30 days by astronauts on the International Space Station, 220 miles above the Earth’s surface. The astronauts will record their findings and send the results back to NASA.
One experiment will test the effectiveness of antibiotics in space, something that has never been examined before. The other experiment will look at whether slime mould grows in 3D in space due to the lack of gravity. The pupils won the opportunity as part of the International Space School Educational Trust’s 2012 Mission Discovery Programme, held at King’s College London.
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