Montana State researchers collaborate to send microbe to space to test as astronaut food
Montana State University postdoctoral researcher Laura Camilleri, left, Rich Macur of Nature’s Fynd, and professor Ross Carlson, right, prepare a bioreactor for a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station at an MSU lab on April 19, 2022. (MSU photo by Kelly Gorham)
BOZEMAN — When future astronauts heading to Mars sit down to a hearty supper in their spaceship, they may dine on a nutritious, meat-like product made from a microbe that Montana State University scientists discovered in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring.
On July 11, a group of small bioreactors arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket to test how well the Yellowstone microbe can be grown in an environment similar to what would be experienced during long-duration space travel...
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