1.   NASA and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, created the technology with the goal of feeding astronauts on long space voyages and eventually feeding future space colonies.

2.   The plasma jet, still in its research stage, was designed as a propulsion system for long space voyages.

3.   Thagard holds the American record for the longest space voyage.

4.   At the outset of their space voyage, heat was turned on the eggs to induce their spawning.

5.   The Discovery mission was initially scheduled to land Sunday but extra fuel allowed the shuttle to prolong its space voyage by one day.