Tag: habitat resilience
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Space-Resilience: Moss Survives 9 Months Outside the ISS, Defying Harsh Space
Space Moss Defies the Odds In a striking display of resilience, a certain type of moss managed to endure a 9-month sojourn outside the International Space Station (ISS). The achievement, reported by Japanese researchers, offers fresh insight into how simple life forms cope with the vacuum, freezing temperatures, intense ultraviolet radiation, and near-zero oxygen found…
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Space Moss Survives 9 Months Outside the ISS: A Striking Astrobiology Breakthrough
Introduction: A Tiny Survivor in the Void In a remarkable demonstration of resilience, a moss species reportedly endured 9 months outside the International Space Station (ISS). Space is a hostile theater for life as we know it—vacuum, extreme cold, ultraviolet radiation, and scarce oxygen all converge to push organisms to their limits. Yet this moss,…
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Rare Spacecraft Bacterium Plays Dead, Evading Detection
Uncovering a Hidden Survivor in Space Mission Clean Rooms A team of microbiologists at the University of Houston has identified a rare microorganism that could be quietly evading detection in spacecraft assembly clean rooms by entering a dormant, near-motionless state. The organism, Tersicoccus phoenicis (T. phoenicis), was discovered in environments designed to be as free…