Egyptian student Amr Mohamed, 19, is one of the global winners of the YouTube Space Lab competition, which asked students to design experiments for space scientists.
Spiders in space —
Egyptian student Amr Mohamed, 19, is one of the global winners of the YouTube Space Lab competition, which asked students to design experiments for space scientists.
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Mohamed's experiment will study how the zebra spider, which jumps on its prey rather than building a web, will hunt when in zero gravity.
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Mohamed's experiment will study how the zebra spider, which jumps on its prey rather than building a web, will hunt when in zero gravity.
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As a winner of the Space Lab competition, Mohamed was invited to Washington DC for a zero-gravity flight.
Spiders in space —
As a winner of the Space Lab competition, Mohamed was invited to Washington DC for a zero-gravity flight.
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Mohamed pictured with the other winners of the Space Lab competition, Sara Ma and Dorothy Chen, from Troy, Michigan.
Spiders in space —
Mohamed pictured with the other winners of the Space Lab competition, Sara Ma and Dorothy Chen, from Troy, Michigan.
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