Fish in Orbit: Researcher explores why travellers often feel queasy [16.04.13]
A biologist of the University of Hohenheim is hoping to find the answer in space / Carrier rocket to send 40 cichlids into earth's orbit on 19th April 2013
Between 10 to 15% of travellers are effected by motion sickness: in cars, busses, trains, and on board ships and planes, sometimes leading to spells of vomiting. Since fish also suffer from motion sickness, a biologist from the University of Hohenheim plans to send 40 fish of the species cichloid into space, more specifically to the Russian space station Baikonur on 19th April 2013.
Special aquarium on board the satellite Bion M1. Photo: University of Hohenheim
Read the full article (in German).
Text: Weik / Klebs
Contact for press:
apl. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hilbig, Universität Hohenheim, Arbeitsgruppe Neuro- und Gravitationsbiologie, E-Mail: Reinhard.Hilbig@uni-hohenheim.de
Dipl.-Biol. Miriam Knie, Universität Hohenheim, Arbeitsgruppe Neuro- und Gravitationsbiologie, Tel.: 0711/459 24132, E-Mail: miriknie@uni-hohenheim.de
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