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A research project put together by a Texas A&M Corpus Christi professor and her students is headed to the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
?The experiment, dealing with a penicillin-based fungus, is part of the payload on a Space-X rocket that will be launched tomorrow. <\/p>\n
The results of the experiment could potentially make medical history, in antibiotic research. <\/p>\n
Morgan Sobol, a masters student working on the project, explains how fungi affect the environment. <\/p>\n
It really contributes to the global cycles that we know of, said Sobol. So carbon cycles, oxygen cycles, nitrogen, all of those cycles on earth, the fungi when they are transforming nutrients, they contribute in that way. <\/p>\n
The project is just one of 20 selected for the trip to space. <\/p>\n
The launch is set for 11:30 tomorrow local time, and you can watch it live online at NASA.gov. <\/p>\n
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