ISS receives prototype bacteria-based space mining kit

Stand by to start space mining – not on an asteroid, but aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Delivered to the station by an unmanned Dragon cargo ship on July 27, an experimental mining kit developed by a team led by the University of Edinburgh will use bacteria to study how microorganisms can be used to extract minerals and metals from rocks on asteroids, moons, and planets.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Asteroid Mining
• International Space Station
• Microbes
• NASA
• Stanford University
• University of Edinburgh

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