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    Anita's Orbital Web in Zero Gravity

    Keywords

    Aeronautics, Judith Miles, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Skylab, Spider

    Photo Description

    MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, ALA. This excellent web was constructed by the spider Anita after almost three weeks in her cage aboard the Skylab space station. Photographs of this and other webs are being analyzed and compared with webs built by Arabella prior to her Skylab flight. These webs are being studied by Judith Miles of Lexington, Mass., the Student Investigator for Skylab Student Experiment ED-52, Web Formation in Zero Gravity. The web characteristics being compared by Judith Miles include such things as the number of spirals, the number of radials, angles between radials, distance between spirals, area of the web hub, area of the web catching surface, as well as the physical characteristics of the returned web material. The information obtained from these analyses will be used to infer changes in the motor-sensory and neuro-sensory performances of the spiders in zero gravity.

    Publication Date

    11-18-1973

    Format

    image/jpeg

    Number of Images

    2

    Side of Image

    Front of Image

    Publisher

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    Original Size

    8" x 10"

    Identifier

    DP0057714-0030a

    NASA Photo Number

    108-KSC-73P-634; 73H-117

    Photo Credit

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Location

    John C. Hitt Library

    Department

    Special Collections & University Archives

    Call Number

    SC 010

    Digital Production Specifications

    Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries, Digital Initiatives Unit. Jpeg images were derived from no less than 600 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.

    Use and Reproduction

    This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information, contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
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    Keywords

    Aeronautics, Judith Miles, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Skylab, Spider

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