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26 gru 2020 · The spider experiment by the US space agency NASA is a lesson in the frustrating failures and happy accidents that sometimes lead to unexpected research findings. The question was relatively simple: on Earth, spiders build asymmetrical webs with the center displaced towards the upper edge.
14 gru 2020 · The two spiders which were sent to space were quite hardy in their new gravity-free homes: The male survived zero gravity for 65 days and was still alive after returning to Earth, while the female built 34 webs and moulted three times – both of which are space records.
26 maj 2011 · Humans have taken spiders into space more than once to study the importance of gravity to their web-building. What originally began as a somewhat unsuccessful PR experiment for high school students has yielded the surprising insight that light plays a larger role in arachnid orientation than previously thought.
9 gru 2020 · When resting, spiders sit with their head downwards because they can move towards freshly caught prey faster in the direction of gravity. But what do arachnids do in zero gravity?
11 gru 2020 · While they meant to have four female spiders, it turned out that two of their spiders were actually male-presenting once they grew large enough to be easily differentiated, but one of those boys was on the Earth and the other was in space, so the research could proceed.
9 gru 2020 · FULL STORY. Humans have taken spiders into space more than once to study the importance of gravity to their web-building. What originally began as a somewhat unsuccessful PR experiment for high...
29 wrz 2014 · Alongside the huge airplanes and spacecrafts in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a small spider who went to space, the name “Anita” stuck onto her...
