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Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor cold—nothing stopped the special FedEx delivery from Kennedy Space Center to Ohio University this morning, Feb. 18. The box labeled “Critical Space Item” was the only thing in the freezer truck, driven overnight by a two-person team of FedEx drivers, who encountered plenty […]

Watch live as the Ohio University experiment leaves the International Space Station today, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. on NASA TV. Coverage beings at 12:45 p.m., and the release of the SpaceX/Dragon Cargo Ship from the the space station is scheduled at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Expedition 42 crew closed […]

Before dawn on Saturday, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying an Ohio University experiment finally headed to space after several weeks of launch delay. Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launched Jan. 10 and docks with the International Space Station today, Jan. 12. Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology […]

“The public is invited to attend a local rocket launch celebrating an Ohio University experiment that will be traveling to the International Space Station next week,” reports the Athens Messenger. Ohio University’s Team Gravitron, led by Sarah Wyatt, professor of Environmental Plant and Biology and principle investigator, will be conducting […]

After more than a year of preparation, Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launches for the International Space Station this week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. As the Falcon blasts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, the Ground Control Team at Ohio University in Athens, […]