Atlantis space shuttle has been launched on Friday (06/07/2011) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The mission would last for 12 days. 4 astronauts will be involved in missions as well as a the last shuttle mission of NASA.
In the 30 years and 134 missions, many roles that run the shuttle, of whom helped launch three major covers the Hubble spacecraft, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the mission of studying Venus and Jupiter, as well as sending a total of 350 astronauts.
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Behind the popular thing to do space shuttles, including the delivery of the iPhone 4 into space by Atlantis this time, there are many roles that have not been so well known, of whom there were passengers other than humans who also flew.
As published in the online version of Wired following weirdest passengers were:
1. Frog
Female frogs were taken in the Endeavour mission in September 1992. The goal is to see the effect on the development of tadpoles mikrogravitasi condition. Half of the eggs produced by female frogs were placed in a centrifuge to simulate a normal environment, while half are left. The result, they grow normally but the tadpoles are left in a condition mikrogravitasi trouble finding the water surface while returning to Earth.
2. Squirrel
Two squirrels were taken in the Challenger mission in May, 1985. Each squirrel named No 3165 and No. 384-80 and were taken to determine the effect on feeding behavior mikrogravitasi conditions. The result, in conditions mikrogravitasi, squirrels become frequent sleepiness and loss of appetite.
3. Sea urchin sperm
Sperm were moving faster in conditions mikrogravitasi. It was known at NASA brought urchin sperm into space. Animal sperm were taken through the Atlantis mission in 1997.
4. Transparent fish
Transparent type Medaka fish taken by the space shuttle Columbia in 1984. The fish was named Genki, Cosmo, Miki, and Yume. Unexpectedly, it turns out the fish can reproduce and produce many tillers. Researchers hope, based on these results later on humans could breed the fish in space.
5. Moth eggs
Moth eggs carried in Endeavour's mission in 1994. The results with the moth shows that life is shorter and sterile moths.
6. Worms
Experimenting with worms carried in the 2003 Columbia mission, astronauts successfully breed worms. This proves that the successful use of synthetic nutrients.
7. Honeybees
A total of 3000 honey bee was brought to the space shuttle Challenger in 1984. The result, in the honey bee space was also successfully build a nest of thick and not less interesting than on Earth.
8. Jellyfish
A total of 2478 jellyfish carried by space shuttle mission Columbia in 1991. During the nine-day mission, from jellyfish polyp managed to grow into the next life stage called ephyrae.
9. Rat
Based on the results obtained from experiments with mice that carried the space shuttle Columbia in 1998, the mice that developed in conditions of mikrogravitasi have less developed brains, muscles shrink, and the difficulty of repairing the damaged bone.
10. Squid
The squid was taken in the last Endeavour mission this year to study the bacteria that live on its surface. Salmonella, a type of bacteria that changed three times more deadly after returning from space.
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