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Moss survives 9 months outside NASA space station, returns to Earth ready to reproduce

And now, researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan have conducted experiments to understand moss survival outside the ...
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'We were genuinely astonished': This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station and could still grow on Earth

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...

When will the International Space Station be retired? NASA's plan to land it in ocean

By 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades ...

International Space Station marks 25-year milestone. What to know about iconic outpost

Since the first crew of astronauts reached the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000, humanity has had a continuous ...
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NASA astronaut captures dazzling Northern Lights from Space Station

Astronaut Zena Cardman shared a view of the aurora borealis from the International Space Station, capturing the northern ...

Russian cosmonauts take shelter on International Space Station during severe solar storm

A powerful solar flare and rare severe geomagnetic storm triggered aurora lights and precautionary measures aboard the ISS.