Caenorhabditis elegans survives atmospheric breakup of STS-107, space shuttle Columbia

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 690-705

  Szewczyk, Nathaniel J ^a,b   Mancinelli, Rocco L ^a   McLamb, William ^c,d   Reed, David ^c   Blumberg, Baruch S ^e   Conley, Catherine A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric reentry; Caenorhabditis elegans; Nematode; Space shuttle Columbia; Spaceflight research

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROCLIMATE; PACKAGING; SPACE FLIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIA; GERM-FREE LIFE; HEAT; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 31844445687     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.690     Document Type: Article

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