“The International Space Station will be the staging area for an experiment with algae that naturally live near volcanoes. The experiment has been developed by a start-up founded by a doctoral candidate from the University of Warsaw. Algae are universal organisms that could be used in the future to produce oxygen for astronauts and perform other important tasks, scientists say. (…)
Scientists explain that in the future algae could be used to produce oxygen for astronauts.
‘The aim of our experiment is to send such microorganisms – in our case, microalgae from volcanic areas with unique adaptive features – and test them for resistance in conditions of microgravity and cosmic radiation. This will allow us to better understand their functioning under many stress factors at the same time’, says Borowska. ‘In addition, the primary goal of our project is to investigate oxygen production, as the proposed algae exhibit intensive photosynthesis, and thus produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide’.
These organisms will be tested on the ISS for the first time.” more at https://scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news%2C102926%2Cpolish-algae-experiment-be-carried-out-iss.html
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