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June 7, 2011
Ingo Ronny Wortmann (left) and Dr. Dirk Voeste, scientists with Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany, examine swordtail fish (Xiphophorus helleri), like those that are part of the Neurolab payload on Space Shuttle Mission STS-90, in their holding tanks in the erations and Checkout Building. The fish will fly in the Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (CEBAS) Minimodule, a middeck locker-sized freshwater habitat, designed to allow the controlled incubation of aquatic species in a self-stabilizing, artifical ecosystem for up to three weeks under space conditions.
Topics:
Environment, Green swordtail, Xiphophorus, Spaceflight, STS-90, Bochum, Xiph.Org Foundation, Dirk Voeste, Ingo Ronny Wortmann, University of Bochum, Checkout building, Germany
