Cutting Edge Biology Aboard Genesis
Bigelow Spacecraft Carries NASA ‘GeneBox’ for Tests in Orbit, NASA ARC
“On July 12, a Russian rocket lofted ‘GeneBox’ into Earth orbit within Bigelow Corporation’s Genesis I test spacecraft. Attached to the large inflatable spacecraft’s internal structure, GeneBox contains a miniature laboratory. In future flights, it will analyze how the near weightlessness of space affects genes in microscopic cells and other small life forms.”
