Apr 30 2003
From The Space Library
Investigators announced their discovery that thousands of worms known as C. elegans~part of a science experiment aboard Columbia~were still alive, having survived the violent, high-velocity reentry and impact, traveling at least 120 miles per hour (193 kilometers per hour). The containers holding the worms had remained sealed for several weeks following their recovery while accident investigators at NASA's KSC processed them. Terri L. Lomax, a NASA space biologist, remarked that, although it was unclear what scientists would learn from the worms, the fact that they had survived the accident was data in and of itself. (Kathy Sawyer, “Worms Used for Study Survive Columbia Crash,” Washington Post, 1 May 2003.
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