what our experiment is about

Ladybugs in Space will show how micro-gravity will affect the life cycle of a ladybug. We feel that it is important to discover how micro-gravity could affect ladybugs so that in the future, if there are gardens in space, astronauts and scientists will be able to prevent pests like aphids from destroying food resources.

We expect that micro-gravity will speed up the process, that typically takes 26-54 days (from egg to adult) on earth.

While the ladybugs are in space, we will be conducting a ground truth test to monitor our findings and document our results. We will compare our findings after the mission returns back to earth.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Day 2... and many more

2/7/15-
      This morning I went to turn on the light for the ladybugs at 7:28 a.m. and the bugs seamed to be crowed in the top right corner. Most of the bugs that stayed in the container have moved now.





There was less bugs in the cup than in the picture. This was from the previous night. There were 2 bugs this morning.

     We put more water in the cotton balls and put them back in the white bowl.

     At 8:17 p.m. we turned the light off so the bugs could sleep.

    
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