A computer-generated image of the deployed O/OREOS nanosatellite. Image credit: NASA/Eric StackpoleNASA/Eric Stackpole
A Minotaur IV rocket, carrying NASA’s Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) nanosatellite launches from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex on Nov. 19, 2010. Image credit: NASA/Matthew DanielsNASA/Matthew Daniels
The O/OREOS payloads and bus undergo functional tests before integration with the satellite frame (left). A computer-generated image of the O/OREOS nanosatellite (right). Image credit: NASA /Dominic Hart (left); NASA Ames (right)NASA /Dominic Hart (left); NASA Ames (right)
Giovanni Minelli, mechanical engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., tests an early prototype of the O/OREOS bus, Space Environment Survivability of Live Organisms (SESLO) experiment and Space Environment Viability of Organics (SEVO) experiment payloads during a mission simulation. Photo credit: NASA / Dominic HartNASA / Dominic Hart
Mission name: O/OREOS
Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses
O/OREOS studies how living organisms are affected by the space environment.
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