SpaceX Launches UF\IFAS Microbiology Experiment to ISS

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Associate Professor Kelly Rice recently saw her experiment launch to the International Space Station during SpaceX’s recent NG-20 mission. The aim of the experiment is to better understand Staph infections in a microgravity environment, and how its effects can be exacerbated in close-quarter environments like the ISS.

The experiment will grow bacteria in enclosed canisters to better understand how microgravity affects the spread of the disease and how the bacteria grows in that specific environment. Previously, Dr. Rice and her research team found that bacteria might pose a greater risk to astronauts in microgravity than it does to those down on Earth.

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