spiders in space

spiders in space reminds campy horror film, black and white which involves eight-legged monsters. In fact, this is a scientific inquiry called the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus Science Insert-05 or CSI-05, where researchers observe the habits of arachnids microenvironment.

On 29 April 2011, with STS-134, spider habitats in the transfer of space shuttle Endeavour to the space station. The crew put one habitat to the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus, or CGBA. This equipment will keep the temperature, humidity, lighting cycle for consistent and spiders and also controls the imaging for the investigation.

Not many species of red spiders in the world, perhaps because they are mostly ambush predators that need to remain masked and swiftly so as not to be late in prey prey not to escape.