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20 years on
SPIDERS IN SPACE
Lift Off of Columbia STS107 (Photo: courtey NASA)
1. Spiders in Space on STS107
‘Spiders in Space’: a collaboration between education and research
An ambitious Australian school project sent spiders into space to experience microgravity. ‘Spiders in Space’ demonstrating hands on real science experiments as important tools for education. Associate Professor Lachlan Thompson, from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, explains how it all started.
(Photo: Lachlan Thompson)
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