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Ohio University’s Mission 18 Team (Michael Lane, Victoria Swiler and Nathan Smith) examining the growth of Sphingomonas sanguinis, an ISS-derived bacteria. (image courtesy of Ohio University)

jsc2024e067093 (1/19/2024) --- Ohio University’s Mission 18 Team (Michael Lane, Victoria Swiler and Nathan Smith) examine the growth of Sphingomonas sanguinis, an ISS-derived bacteria. Their experiment, Effect of Spaceflight-Adapted Bacteria on Plant Growth and Resilience 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).