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Several of the classes at the school worked on an experiment
that was on board the NASA space shuttle Columbia which was
destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003. The project was
to compare crystal growth in microgravity to that on Earth. |
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The experiment was headed by Pembroke Pines science teacher
Barry Perlman. Scientists speculate such research one day
could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry by helping to
grow purer drugs in space at a faster rate. |
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Under the direction of Mr. Perlman, several classes of seventh-graders were directly involved with
the NASA experiment.
Experiment
Found
The Pembroke Pines experiment was
found by a search team in Texas. After an examination
by NASA, it was returned to the school for analysis by
Mr. Perlman's science classes.
Below
are updates from the Kennedy Space Center on the
Experiment |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
Barry Perlman,
Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida,
prepares a computer to receive data from an experiment
carried on mission STS-107. The Tin Crystal Formation
experiment was sponsored by the
Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School. |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
From left, Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in
Florida; Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation Technology
Associates, Inc.; and Dr. Dennis Morrison, NASA
Johnson Space Center, process one of the experiments
carried on mission STS-107. |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
Barry Perlman,
Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida,
examines one of the experiments carried on mission
STS-107 as Bob McLean, Southwest Texas State
University, looks on. |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
Valerie Cassanto,
Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., studies
one of the experiments carried on mission STS-107 |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
From left, Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in
Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation
Technology Associates, Inc., analyze one of the
experiments carried on mission STS-107. |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
From left, Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in
Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation
Technology Associates, Inc., process one of the
experiments carried on mission STS-107. |
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05/07/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
From left, Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in
Florida, and Valerie Cassanto, Instrumentation
Technology Associates, Inc., process one of the
experiments carried on mission STS-107. |
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05/06/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
Barry Perlman (left), Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School in Florida,
talks to the media about some of the experiments
recovered during the search for Columbia debris. At
right are John Cassanto, with Instrumentation
Technology Associates, Inc., and Lou Friedman,
executive director of the Planetary Society. |
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05/06/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
In the background,
scientists talk to the media about the experiments
recovered during the search for Columbia debris. From
left are George D'Heilly, with Instrumentation
Technology Associates, Barry Perlman, Pembroke Pines Middle School in Florida; John Cassanto,
with ITA; and Lou Friedman, executive dir of the
Planetary Society. |
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05/06/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
John Cassanto
(center), with Instrumentation Technology Associates,
Inc., explains the use of the apparatus used for
experiments on mission STS-107. At left is Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Middle School in Florida;
at right is Lou Friedman, executive director of the
Planetary Society. |
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05/06/2003
- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA
George D'Heilly, with
Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., Barry
Perlman, Pembroke Pines Middle School in Florida,
John Cassanto, with ITA, and Lou Friedman, executive
director of the Planetary Society, talk to the media
about the experiments recovered during the search for
Columbia debris. |
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