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The sealed hornet canister lost pressure - did the crew get there in time?
A sealed canister full of live hornets loses pressure aboard the Shuttle 260 miles up - could the crew get to the lab in time to save them?
The sealed hornet canister lost pressure - did the crew get there in time?
In this episode, we lay out the mission timeline and the conditions inside Spacelab-J that led to a life-sciences experiment going wrong, and we track the crew roles, decisions, and procedures that shaped the response. What did the data reveal about why most of the hornets died before anyone could open the container?
Mission: STS-47
Date: September 12, 1992
Location: Spacelab-J…
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