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)
July 16, 2022
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Montana State researchers collaborate to send microbe to space to test as astronaut food
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.