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PharmaSat is a tiny, wee satellite. It's about 10 pounds in total weight. The satellite is made of three smaller cubes, called Cubesat's. Cubesats are about the size of a loaf of bread.

In the PharmaSat experiment each of the three cubes will be carrying three different concentrations of yeast and an antibiotic. The purpose of the experiment is to determine what the effect of weightlessness is on the virulence of fungus. They will be testing the yeast, Saccharomyces cervisiae in particular.

The complete cost of the PharmaSat mission is $3 million dollars.