Scientists have found plankton in the outer surface of the ISS – South Federal

19.08.2014 – 23:37

As a result of the experiment on the removal of the bioassay with the outer surface of the vehicle and the windows, they found traces of plankton on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS).

Traces of marine life found on the outside of the window. Microorganisms are able to survive and began to multiply even though the conditions of vacuum and weightlessness, as well as the effects of cosmic radiation.

How plankton got EVA is currently unknown. It is assumed that it carried the air flow rising from the bottom of the ocean.

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