jsc2024e066515 (2/1/2024) --- Alma Public School students remove the sample compostable bag from garden soil following a 10-day period to measure the bag to determine the extent of decomposition. Their experiment, Will Soil Bacteria Biodegrade Compostable Plastic in Microgravity?, is part of the Nanoracks-National Center for Earth and Space Science Education-Surveyor-Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 18 to ISS (Nanoracks-NCESSE-Surveyor-SSEP).
Photographer Upper Grand DSB
Date February 1, 2024