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SpaceX launched ants, avocados, robotic arm to Space station

SpaceX launched shipments of ants, avocados, human-sized robotic arm toward the International Space Station on August 29, 2021.
The delivery of shipments is due to arrive on August 30, 2021. It will be SpaceX’s 23rd mission for NASA in a decade. The Dragon is carrying more than 2,170 kilograms of supplies and experiments as well fresh food like avocados, lemons and ice cream for seven astronauts of the space station.

The Girl Scouts have sent ants, brine shrimp and plants as test subjects. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists sent seeds from mouse-ear cress which is a small flowering weed used in genetic research. Samples of concrete, solar cells and other materials will be subjected to weightlessness.
Published date : 30 Aug 2021 06:28PM

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