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Spiders to Test Webs in Skylab Weightless Lab
Spiders will be sent to Skylab with the third astronaut crew to test web spinning in zero gravity. The female cross spider will be placed in a small cage aboard the station and given water but no food. Cameras will relay web pictures to Earth for analysis by Dr. Peter Witt and team after a seven hour trip to space.
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Skylab
Space Station
Earth
Space
Peter Witt
Witt
Judith Miles
Lexington
Mass
NASA
Ruth Scarboro
Raleigh, North Carolina
Dr. Witt