BRADENTON, Fla. — A southwest Florida student is working to restart a science experience lost when an unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded after liftoff last month.
Braden River High School sophomore Harley Wade developed the experiment with his former classmates at Fayette Academy in Somerville, Tennessee. They were testing microgravity's effect on reishi mushrooms' ability to weaken, damage or destroy cancer cells.
The experiment was lost along with more than a dozen other student projects when Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket blew up Oct. 28 over the Virginia coast. Wade tells The Herald that "the excitement of the launch turned to shock."
Wade and his former classmates now are working to restart the experiment in time for the launch of another rocket Dec. 9 at Cape Canaveral.
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