STS068-32-022 - STS-068 - CHROMEX 5 - Wilcutt works with the middeck experiment

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-68 Pilot Terrence Wilcutt works with the Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment 5 (CHROMEX 5) onboard the middeck of the Orbiter Endeavour. The CHROMEX 5 was designed to gain an understanding of the reproductive and growth abnormalities that apparently occur to plants exposed to microgravity, and to determine if these physiological changes may result from spaceflight conditions such as microgravity.

Subject Terms: STS-68, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER), SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, MIDDECK, ASTRONAUTS

Date Taken: 3/31/1998

Categories: Crew Activities

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-68