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International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory

Microbes Reveal Missing Link in Space Manufacturing

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Tiffany Hennessa (left), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research biologist, and Zheng Wang, NRL research biologist, analyze a microbial sample in Washington, D.C. Scientists at NRL sent microbial samples to the ISS to investigate how microgravity affects microbial metabolism and biomaterial production. 

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U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Peterson

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