Nanoracks-NCESSE-Orbiter-SSEP Preflight Imagery

Students work to optimize the materials and volumes for testing the impact of microgravity on Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene expression in microgravity. Image courtesy of Sara Dawood.

jsc2023e065219 (2/3/2023) --- Student researchers work on their experiment, The Effect of Microgravity on Telomerase Activity and Efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which will be included in the Nanoracks-National Center for Earth and Space Science Education-Orbiter-Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 17 to ISS (Nanoracks-NCESSE-Orbiter-SSEP).

Photographer Sara Dawood