I-V-23 Skylab Student Project: Web Formation in Zero Gravity

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Description

This document includes a proposed experiment to be completed on the Skylab mission, submitted by high school students, with committee assessments of the proposals. The objective of the experiment was to compare the web of a spider in a zero gravity experiment to one constructed on earth. This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2015 Summer Workshop in Atlanta.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

National Archives Identifier: 23904828

Full Citation: I-V-23 Skylab Student Project: Web Formation in Zero Gravity; 1973; File Copies Student Proposals #1, 1968 – 1974; Skylab Experiment Files, 1968 – 1974; Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Record Group 255; National Archives at Atlanta (RE-AT), Morrow, GA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/iv23-skylab-student-project-web-formation-in-zero-gravity/, January 29, 2026]

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