What Our Experiment is About

Ladybugs in Space will show how micro-gravity will affect the life cycle of a ladybug. We feel that it is important to discover how micro-gravity could affect ladybugs so that in the future, if there are gardens in space, astronauts and scientists will be able to prevent pests like aphids from destroying food resources.

We expect that micro-gravity will speed up the process, that typically takes 26-54 days (from egg to adult) on earth.

While the ladybugs are in space, we will be conducting a ground truth test to monitor our findings and document our results. We will compare our findings after the mission returns back to earth.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

How You Can Help

The girls will have the opportunity to attend the launch of SSEP Mission 7, tentatively scheduled for June 2015. After the ladybugs return from space, the girls will be presenting their findings to the SSEP group at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

If you would like to help make the launch or the presentation at the Smithsonian a reality, please consider making a donation or contact our SSEP liaison: 

Bill Schmidt
STEM/CADD/Computer Sciences IB
Dakota Ridge High School
Littleton CO 80127

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