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.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Day 3... could it be the day to make graves?

2/8/15-
     We turned the light on and there were 7 bugs that look dead. we will closely observe those bugs for the day. There are still a lot of bugs in the top right corner. Maybe they are up there together to stay warm?

7:02-
     Turns out the 7 bugs were not dead. We noticed the bugs like to sleep in groups. Maybe that is why they are all in the corner. Or they are all trying to get out at the same time in the same place. Who knows. We ran out of aphids so tomorrow we will use nectar.
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