Experiments on the International Space Station suggest spiders can weave normal-looking webs in space—they just need a surprising resource.
Scientists and engineers are developing new hardware destined for the International Space Station to support experiments demonstrating how different organisms, such as plants, microbes or worms, develop under conditions of microgravity. Results from the Spectrum project will shed light on which living things are best suited for long-duration flights into deep space.
China’s Shijian-10, the second of four scientific space missions, carries a collection of microgravity experiments.
