jsc2021e063278 (12/10/2021) --- Preflight imagery for the Characterizing Antibiotic Resistance in Microgravity Environments (CARMEn) experiment, part of Nanoracks Module-96. CARMEn observes how spaceflight affects the growth of a culture of two species of bacteria. SPOCS Project Co-Lead Swati Ravi is pictured in the Columbia University Dietrich Biological Shape and Pattern Formation Lab with prepared diluted bacterial colonies of P. aeruginosa and S. aureus.

jsc2021e063280 (12/10/2021) --- Preflight imagery for the Characterizing Antibiotic Resistance in Microgravity Environments (CARMEn) experiment, part of Nanoracks Module-96. CARMEn observes how spaceflight affects the growth of a culture of two species of bacteria. SPOCS Project Co-Lead Swati Ravi is pictured operating an imaging microscope to observe P. aeruginosa and S. aureus bacterial biofilms in the Columbia University Dietrich Biological Shape and Pattern Formation Laboratory.

jsc2021e063277 (12/10/2021) --- Preflight imagery for the Characterizing Antibiotic Resistance in Microgravity Environments (CARMEn) experiment, part of Nanoracks Module-96. CARMEn observes how spaceflight affects the growth of a culture of two species of bacteria. Team members are pictured alongside the payload at Carleton Laboratory, where the payload’s structural integrity is tested. From left to right: Kalpana Ganeshan, Swati Ravi, Juan Zuniga, Gaurav Kulkarni, Alfonso Ussia.