Category Archives: News

There were no phone calls recieved from ITA after we dropped off the samples so we are assuming that no news is good news and that the loading of the samples went well.  We did find it quite amusing that … Continue reading →

Here is a photo of the samples in the lab this afternoon. They are in the box on the left of the table. They will be moved from this lab to another more high tech lab this afternoon to be … Continue reading →

Science Coordinator Diane Irwin sent a note that they have just handed off the samples at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Center. 3 days to go…………

The 5th grade team loaded the control unit at the school this morning. They received a final shipment of eggs from AmeriCulture and went right to work preparing samples for the MDA control unit.

We are wondering if all the running through the airport yesterday may have helped with the aeration of the water in the vials.  Even so, we opened the vials last night to try to get more oxygen into the water.  … Continue reading →

We are now waiting for the eggs to be delivered so that they can be combined with the water and delivered to Kennedy Space Center.  We know that the FedEx shipment arrived at the Orlando Airport at 7:21.  UPS has … Continue reading →

We were almost an hour late taking off from Albany.  We had 10 minutes from the time we landed to the time our plane was supposed to depart to make it from terminal C50 to B12.  We decided to run … Continue reading →

We were able to bring the six vials of water samples through airport security (weren’t sure with all of the limitations on liquids if this was going to be possible).  Waiting to board the plane.

We got back from vacation today and had an awesome discovery.  The eggs that we had put in the fish tank had developed and grown into fish.  Kate, Dana, and Jordyn collected water samples to ship today.  One set of … Continue reading →