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Space bugs delight student on orbiting shuttle flight
Nelson, an 18 year old Minnesota high school senior from Rose Creek, watched his biology experiment fly aboard the Columbia shuttle. The box carried 24 velvet bean moths, 12 housefly pupae, and 14 honeybees with 24 moth pupae to test insect behavior in weightlessness. Astronauts Lousma and Fullerton observed the bugs, noting bees drift with little wing movement while moths showed unstable flight patterns. Nelson compared space and ground behavior, aiming to study gravity effects. He described the moment as cream on the cake, though he remained mostly stoic.
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Space Center
Houston
Todd Nelson
Minnesota
Nelson
Columbia
Johnson Space Center
Jack Lousma
Gordon Fullerton
Lousma
Fullerton
Rose Creek
Southland Public Schools
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