An ecosystem in a box

Monday, January 19, 2015 - 11:30 in Earth & Climate

An unusual package was delivered to a hotel in Beijing, China, in 1987 containing a batch of blue–green algae that would spend five days in space in a capsule. The ESA-led MELiSSA project was on its way.

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