This paper reviews past algal experiments flown in space from 1960 until today.
Part of the experiment uses a detection technique similar to the one used in previous experiments flown on LDEF and MIR.
Not only is the International Space Station a round-the-clock study in human biology, it's also an opportunity for scientists here on Earth to get their experiments flown to space to be maintained by the astronauts on board.
For behavior experiments, fly responses to 5% apple cider vinegar were measured.
For 10% diet experiments, fly food was obtained by diluting ten times the conventional food.
In both sets of experiments, flies corresponding to multiple independently generated yar mutant alleles were tested.
However, in 55% of all experiments flies managed to stay on the cicada and proceed with infection behaviour.
For temperature-shift experiments, flies expressing either Shits or Tub-GAL80 ts were raised at 18°C, whereas flies expressing dTrpA1 were raised at 22°C.
After meeting Pemba, Manocchia decided to conduct an experiment: fly Pemba to Manhattan, show him the town, and enter him in the New York City Marathon.
Babbage tagged along as the latest version of Bouyer's experiment flew on board a modified Airbus-300, used by the European Space Agency for simulating weightlessness for its astronauts.
