These are the plans and documentation for the simulated copy of the habitat to be exhibited. Relatively resilient considering their predicament, as environmental sensors the butterflies soon revealed the shortcomings of their situation.
Migration to space is at a level few can appreciate. The distance, this 'alien-ness' bridged by an 'artificial' habitat. A habitat has been constructed and employed to domesticate and house, observe, experiment, and transport life. How do we fabricate this idealized place in relation to the 'other', the world, and life, in essence, in relation to 'nature' -something we have gradually constructed as being outside of, or other than ourselves.
Launch date November 16.09.09
STS-129 mission to ISS aboard space shuttle Atlantis
Vanessa Cardui animal astronauts in space
A project by NASA & NSBRI [national space biomedical research institute]
Research Applications:
Small organism study
General Features:
Passive gas exchange with cabin air (o2, co2, rH)
Habitats packaged to provide temperature, rH and experiment-specific sensors for environmental monitoring
Thermally controlled time course experiments
Imaging capabilities with near real-time downlink
Manual or automated config. control for activation and termination
Fluorescent, LED, electroluminescent and infared lighting available
Multiple levels of containment meet NASA safety reqs.