Local scientists set to watch research travel to space – KRIS Corpus Christi News

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A professor at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and her graduate students will watch as their research is launched into space Monday morning.

The penicillin-based fungus will live aboard the International Space Station for one month before returning to Earth in September. Scientists will then study the effect the universe has on the fungus.

This fungus has been studied for seven years at the university.

"We're very excited. In just a little bit, the work we've put in for seven years is about to launch," Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, assistant professor at the Island University said. "We're really excited and can't see what happens."

The project is one of only 20 chosen across the country to travel to space.

The launch will take place at 11:30 a.m. from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The public is invited to join the scientists at a watch party in the Engineering Building on the TAMUCC campus, room 107.

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