WCHE NEWS - A Downingtown Area School District’s STEM Academy experiment was selected to be among eleven nationwide projects for astronauts to conduct during a six-week stay on board the International Space Station later this year. The team’s experiment is designed to study the release rate of a common medication in microgravity. In addition to sending their experiment to be completed on the space station, the team will also conduct the same experiment on earth to compare the effects of microgravity on the selected medications. The students intend to present their findings at a conference held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. next year. The work is a result of months of experimental designs, proposal preparations, and local and national reviews. The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, a non-profit organization focused on inspiring aspiring scientists and engineers.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:20:32 +0000
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