The International Space Station seems like the least likely place you would catch an infection. Yet over the years, numerous bacteria have made it onto the ISS. They are not only thriving, they are mutating into something never before seen on Earth. The new strains are both genetically and functionally different from their original terrestrial […] The post Super-Bacteria Found on the International Space Station appeared first on Explorersweb.

The spacecraft will launch on its first crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 6.

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti delivered video - Technique shows how to dispose trash on the International Space Station. Credit: ESA / mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Falling Bits by Uygar Duzgun / courtesy of Epidemic Sound