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Astronaut Roberta Bondar works with oak seedlings

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts04-23002

Date

2007-12-01

STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar works with oak seedlings using the glovebox located in International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) Rack 5. The five young plants are part of the Gravitational Plant Physiology Facility experiment. IML-1 is located in Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle, payload bay and is connected to the crew compartment with a tunnel. 01/1992