ISS On-Orbit Status Report

Payloads Blob: Following the conclusion of the 7-day experiment session, the crew removed the Blob box hardware and transferred the experiment data.  Unfortunately, corrupted data files were found; so, the experiment will be extended to gather more data.  The goal of the Blob investigation is to observe the influence of microgravity on the Blob’s (a …

Payloads APEX-8: The crew gathered the appropriate hardware and installed thirty APEX-08 petri plate plant growth chambers into the Veggie facility.  Compounds known as polyamines contribute to plant stress mitigation on Earth, and plants grown in microgravity display evidence of stress at the morphological level and gene-expression changes suggestive of stress response. Advanced Plant EXperiment-08 …