O/OREOS

Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses

past Mission

Type

Orbiter

Launch

Nov. 19, 2010

Location

Earth orbit

Objective

Conduct autonomous biological and chemical measurements in Earth's exosphere

O/OREOS was nanosatellite about the size of a loaf of bread with two astrobiology experiments designed to activate once it reached low Earth orbit, more than 400 miles above Earth.

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