NASA Astronaut Plans to Search for Microbial Life on ISS Exterior During Eight-Month Mission
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Hannah Parry, Leonardo Feldman
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NASA astronaut Dr. Anil Menon, an emergency medicine physician and U.S. Space Force colonel, is preparing for an eight-month mission aboard the ISS (Soyuz MS-29). While his primary focus is studying the physiological effects of long-duration spaceflight, he has also confirmed plans to search for microbiological extraterrestrial life during spacewalks — specifically looking for bacteria that might survive on the exterior of the space station.
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· 1 pulledWhat we're looking to see is if there is any bacteria that can survive on the external side of the...
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