Precipitin Rings from Skylab Student Experiment ED-32

Author

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Title - Alternative

Zero-Gravity Immunology Experiment on Skylab

Keywords

Aeronautics, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Skylab, Todd Meister

Photo Description

This photograph shows the precipitin rings formed on one immunodiffusion plate during the performance of Skylab Student Experiment ED-32, In Vitro Immunology in Zero Gravity. The Student Investigator for this experiment is Todd Meister of Jackson Heights, N.Y. During the Skylab II mission an antigen was injected into each of the six holes seen on the diffusion plate allowing the antigen to react with the antibody in the media and form the precipitin ring around each cavity. The size and formation time of these rings are being analyzed by Meister to determine if any differences exist in the reaction system in the orbital environment as compared to identical systems on Earth. The hardware used in this experiment was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Publication Date

11-12-1973

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

DP0057714-0031a

NASA Photo Number

73P-635; SL-3-123-2678

Photo Credit

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location

John C. Hitt Library

Department

Special Collections & University Archives

Collection

Official NASA Photographs, Vol. 3, October 2, 1973 - February 14, 1974