University of Zurich and Airbus grow miniature human tissue on the International Space Station ISS [Airbus, August 2021]

Title:

University of Zurich and Airbus grow miniature human tissue on the International Space Station ISS 

 

Published:

Airbus, 26 August 2021

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2021/08/university-of-zurich-and-airbus-grow-miniature-human-tissue--on-the-international-space-station-iss.html

 

From the article:

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 26 August 2021 - With the next supply flight to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Hub of the University of Zurich (UZH) and Airbus Defence and Space are bringing an experiment into space, which is intended to further advance the industrial production of human tissue in zero-gravity conditions. With this step, space could become a workshop for producing miniature human tissue for terrestrial use in research and medicine. Initial preparatory tests on the ISS 18 months ago were successful.

 

We Might Soon Grow Plants in Space, Thanks to New Bacterial Strains Found on International Space Station [The Times of India, March 2021]

Title:

We Might Soon Grow Plants in Space, Thanks to New Bacterial Strains Found on International Space Station

 

By:

IANS

 

Published:

The Times of India, March 2021 

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/space/news/2021-03-26-plants-new-bacterial-strains-found-on-international-space-station

 

From the article:

The discovery of a novel bacterial strain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) suggests the possibility of astronauts growing their own vegetables while in space, says a new study by researchers based at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), among other institutions.

 

Asteroid-munching microbes could mine materials from space rocks

Title:

Asteroid-munching microbes could mine materials from space rocks

Author:

Leah Crane

Published:

NewScientist, 10 November 2020

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259373-asteroid-munching-microbes-could-mine-materials-from-space-rocks/

From the article:

An experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) has shown that microbes can extract valuable or useful elements from rocks in microgravity, suggesting “biomining” might be key to making use of asteroids.  

 

Microbes leach elements out of rocks by releasing compounds that accelerate chemical reactions, such as acids that dissolve the rocks and allow the microbes to consume the elements they need to survive. Charles Cockell at the University of Edinburgh in the UK and his colleagues sent an experiment called BioRock to the ISS last year to investigate whether this would work in the low gravity on the space station.

Video by Seán Doran (7 July 2020) - Comet NEOWISE from International Space Station (ISS)

Title of video:
Comet NEOWISE from ISS
 
Published:
Seán Doran, 7 July 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=321&v=Yh1_wHdUx3Y&feature=emb_log
 
Description:
ISS time-lapse photography from July 5th 2020, converted to real time video.