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Physical Chemistry

Merck Experiment Reaches Space Station

by Michael McCoy
April 28, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 17

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Credit: NASA
The SpaceX-3 Dragon shown docked last week to the International Space Station.
The SpaceX-3 Dragon space capsule docking to the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA
The SpaceX-3 Dragon shown docked last week to the International Space Station.

The SpaceX-3 Dragon space capsule reached the International Space Station last week carrying an experiment for Merck Research Laboratories. Merck is seeking to crystallize a human monoclonal antibody to help determine its physical structure. Protein crystals grown in zero gravity can achieve larger sizes and more nearly perfect structures than those grown under the influence of Earth’s gravity, NASA says.

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