Swedish space experiment successful

Photo:Nasa/Scanpix. Radio Sweden.A Swedish-based space experiment using human blood cells as part of a study to find out why the immune systems of astronauts are weakened by space travel has been declared a success.

The cells were one of five experiments sent up into orbit in a Maser rocket from the Esrange space centre in northern Kiruna on Monday.

Maser stands for “Material Science Experiment Rocket.” Monday’s launch of the five-metre unmanned projectile took six minutes to complete its mission, 160 kilometres above the earth’s atsmosphere.

The five experiments on board come from the European Space Agency. The Swedish Space Corporation’s responsibility in Kiruna, a city in Sweden’s Arctic, lies with the rocket and the launch.

The man leading the maser 12 project for the Swedish Space Corporation is Gunnar Florin.

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Rocket launch from Sweden’s Arctic space centre this weekend, Radio Sweden, February 10, 2012

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