Letter from Mrs. Eugene Cooney to Sam Walls with Response

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Description

Mrs. Eugene Cooney wrote to the NASA Skylab program to request an explanation as to why Arabella the spider, taken into space for an experiment on web formation in zero gravity, was not fed during space flight. This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2015 Summer Workshop in Atlanta.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

National Archives Identifier: 23904830

Full Citation: Letter from Mrs. Eugene Cooney to Sam Walls with Response; 9/30/1973; 25-1 a Skylab Projects, 1968 – 1974; Skylab Experiment Files, 1968 – 1974; Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Record Group 255; National Archives at Atlanta, Morrow, GA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-eugene-cooney-sam-walls/, April 29, 2026]

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