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SURVIVAL RATE OF SUPERWORMS IN SPACEFLIGHT BRIC HARDWARE.  Matthew Calhoun¹, Oliver van den Ende².  ¹Civil Engineering, University of Alaska, Anchorage, ²Bionetics Corporation.

     This experiment tested the survival rates of superworms (Zophobus morio) in BRIC (Biological Research In Canisters) flight hardware.  The three types of BRIC used, are the BRIC-100, 60, and 100VC.  The survival rate results of the BRIC-100VC was 0% in the three experiments that the canister was used.  The BRIC-100 and BRIC-60 had similar survival rates for the final experiment conducted in the Orbital Environmental Simulator.

     (Supported by NASA:  Spaceflight Life Science Training Program (SLSTP).)