Slideshow: NASA's Eggs-ellent Experiment

NASA is trying to unlock the secrets of living in space by sending quail eggs up to the heavens. This comes soon after its launch of sea urchin sperm. By Jeffrey Benner.
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The scheduled Nov. 29 liftoff of Endeavour, seen here on April 20, 2001, is the first shuttle launch since the Sept. 11 attacks.NASA

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Crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour Mission STS-108 include, from left, Linda Godwin, Daniel Tani, Pilot Mark Kelly, Commander Dominic Gorie, Russian Cosmonaut Yury Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch.

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