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.
  • Meghan's Blogs
    Hooray!! :-) - Today Mommy and me put new ladybugs in the tank! I think we put 150 but like 5 of them were dead. But it is soooooooooooooooooo nice to see *red* ladybugs i...
    11 years ago
  • Kylie's Blogs
    9news - 3/5/15- Today the team was interviewed by 9news to talk to use about SSEP. The reporter's name was Maya Rodriguez and she asked us about a lot of ques...
    11 years ago
  • Maddison's Blogs
    Day 6 - We have seen no eggs yet. The ladybugs seem to love the plants especially the mint.I hypothesize that is because there are tiny aphids living on the leaves.
    11 years ago

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