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We received a new batch of eggs and are using different vials to store the eggs. We are still trying out different temperatures to store the vials and have put some in closed shipping contaners. We are still trying to … Continue reading →

We found out today that the pH was off and adversely affected the eggs. We are working on how to improve the water quality. Additional water tanks have been set up. We are going to ask for another shipment of … Continue reading →

The eggs arrived today. The 5th grade classes filled vials with eggs and placed them at different temperatures. We are trying to figure out what temperature to ship the vials at.

The eggs that were shipped last week ended up going from New Mexico to Kentucky back to New Mexico then back to Kentucy and then to El Paso, Texas. They never arrived. We have requested Americulture to send us another … Continue reading →

We were supposed to recieve a shipment of eggs today to conduct some test trials.  At 12:00 pm they has still not arrived.  We soon found out that they had traveled from New Mexico to Kentucy and due to a … Continue reading →

We were informed that the NASA Johnson Space Center Toxicology Office review has been completed and that our experiment has been accepted for flight on STS-134, the historic final flight of U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour.  The launch is currently scheduled for … Continue reading →

Based on the material list that we submitted to NCESSE/ITA we can put a maximum of 15 eggs into the bottom well of the Type 2-Prime Well.    We have until January 20thto tweak our experiment and adjust the number of … Continue reading →

Ms. Irwin received a phone call from NCESSE at 8:00 pm yesterday.  Earlier that afternoon, ITA informed NCESSE that the climate control in their laboratory failed.  They don’t know if the failure was due to the snow storm this week, but because of … Continue reading →

We received word at 1:30 pm today that our eggs arrived at ITA at 9:30 am.  We met the deadline for the samples to arrive at ITA for the fluids and compatibility test.  Yeah!  We are hearing a possibility that … Continue reading →

We received three phone calls from Americulture today as they pulled 100,000 eggs two days early so that they could ship roughly 50 eggs to ITA for our fluids and compatibility test.  We are so appreciative of all of their … Continue reading →