Japan takes students' experiments to space

Japan has successfully launched an unmanned space ship to orbit, starting a week-long journey to supply necessities for astronauts on the ISS station.

Space.com said that the most special feature of Kounotori 3 (White Stork 3) is that it carries two research projects of Japanese students, a new camera system besides food and research tools for the station. ISS.

The duo Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma with the experiment won in YouTube Space Lab.

Kounotori 3 is expected to approach the ISS station (about 8m away) on July 27th. The astronauts on the ISS station will use the Canadianarm2 robot arm of the ISS station to 'capture' the ship and take it to the Harmony connection opposite the ground.

Two research projects are in 4 tons of goods that the White Stork 3 transports to ISS belongs to two winners in the Space Lab contest launched by YouTube. Students and students aged 14-18 globally are invited to design a space experiment and describe the experiment with video clips and send it to YouTube. This video sharing service will be based on the votes of the members to select the most popular video clips.

The two prize-winning experiments of Amr Mohamed (18 years old, from Egypt) and Dorothy Chen duo - Sara Ma (16 years old, USA) are studying the effects of micro gravity on the hunting strategy of zebra spider and research saving how different types of nutrients affect the reproduction and growth of bacteria in space.

In addition, the new camera system that the White Stork 3 brings to ISS will help to see areas of disaster on Earth. Scientists on the ground will be able to control this camera via remote control.