Single bacteria grows 60 percent better on the International Space Station than on Earth
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 09:40
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers grew microbes collected from sports teams, historical monuments, museums, spacecraft, and schools and sent them to the International Space Station (ISS) for growth in space. While most of the microbes looked similar on Earth and in space, one type of bacteria actually grew much better in space.