Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment
A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space.
Traveling on a SpaceX Dragon rocket, their project will land at the International Space Station in June as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program sponsored by NASA.
Stamford High was among the 30 finalists for the spaceflight program chosen last summer from a pool of about 11,000. The program asks students to think critically about problems encountered by humans in space, from retaining vision in low pressure to eating and making food — each topics that Stamford students proposed studying.
The winning experiment by 13 junior and senior boys tests how yeast breeds in space....