据《雅加达环球报》3月23日雅加达报道：由印尼学生准备的两项科学实验将到达国际空间站， 擎天神五号(Atlas V)运载火箭周三（3月23日）携带其从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角发射。
根据印尼外交部发布的新闻稿，擎天神五号(Atlas V)火箭携带“天鹅座”(Cygnus)货运飞船于雅加达时间早上11：05发射升空，内含两项实验，预计靠近地球轨道400公里。
来自北苏门答腊省Unggul Del高中的一组学生准备一项实验，研究在接近零重力条件下酵母的生长，这是在太空中培养豆豉的一项初步实验。
另一项实验是由一个联合小组准备的，这些学生来自雅加达和西爪哇万隆的几所高中，这项实验将研究在太空中水稻的种植。
美国重力与空间年会将于今年11月在华盛顿举行，这些学生已受邀在会上展示他们的研究成果。
Jakarta. Two scientific experiments prepared by Indonesian students will soon arrive at the International Space Station, following a successful launch of the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday (23/03).
The rocket, launched at 11.05 a.m. Jakarta time and carrying a Cygnus automated cargo freighter containing the two experiments, was expected to reach a low earth orbit of 400 kilometers, according to a press release issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Astronauts on the ISS will move the micro-laboratories into the NanoRacks Platform, a multipurpose research facility onboard the space station, which circles Earth 15 times every 24 hours, traveling at 8 kilometers per second.
A team of students from Unggul Del High School in Laguboti, North Sumatra, prepared an experiment to study yeast growth in near-zero gravity conditions, which is a preliminary experiment on how to grow tempeh in space.
Another experiment, prepared by a joint team composed of students from several high schools in Jakarta and Bandung, West Java, will study the cultivation of rice in space.
The two teams have prepared their micro-lab experiments over the past six months, after passing a NASA flight test certifying that the experiments were eligible for the placement on the ISS.
With digital cameras and microcontrollers placed inside the micro-labs, the growth of yeast and rice can be observed from Earth via the Internet.
The Indonesian students have been invited to present their research results at the annual conference of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research in Washington, DC, slated for November this year.
