NASA's latest mission to the ISS features a bacterial experiment
NASA's latest mission to the International Space Station (ISS) includes an experiment on disease-causing bacteria. Scientists from the Sheba Medical Center in Israel and the US-based company Space Tango will send strains of E. coli, typhoid fever, and Salmonella to the ISS. The experiment aims to study how these bacteria respond to the extreme conditions of zero gravity, which could help understand how astronauts become more prone to infections during missions. The results may also reveal ways to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The experiment will grow the bacteria on the ISS and compare them to samples grown simultaneously in a lab on Earth. This is the first time such an experiment will be conducted at the ISS, though previous studies have examined bacterial behavior in simulated space environments.
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