Wednesday, 28 September 2016

ESA experiment aims to prevent "sick" spaceships

The Matiss experiment is investigating antibacterial properties of materials in space

In 1992, cosmonauts aboard Russia's Mir space station discovered that their orbital habitat was overrun with a fungus growing in the view ports and behind control panels like some alien invader. To prevent a similar outbreak aboard future space missions, ESA is carrying out an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to study the antibacterial properties of various materials in space.

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