Space travel itself isn't what creates the space bug. The unique conditions on the space station have allowed it to evolve. #SpaceMicrobes

🎙️ First Gene Short: Spaced Out
A mysterious microbe on China’s Tiangong Space Station—did it evolve in orbit? What does it mean for space travel?

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#NiceGenesPodcast #SpacedOut #SpaceMicrobes #Season5

Meet Niallia tiangongensis, a new microbe found on China's Tiangong space station. This Earth bacteria cousin has uniquely adapted to space, resisting radiation. Studying it is key for future astronaut safety. #SpaceMicrobes #Tiangong #Astrobiology

Astronauts will search the exterior of the space station for living microbes: Astronauts are set to swab the ISS exterior, searching for microbial hitchhikers to understand how they survive in space.

#SpaceMicrobes #ISSResearch #Astrobiology #Spacewalk #MicrobialLife #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Treatment-Resistant Bacteria found on ISS macadano.com/iss-study-di... #space #iss #spacemicrobes #bacteria #microbes

We’re not alone on cosmic journeys! 🚀 Microbes—tiny travelers within us—are vital for deep space exploration & could be our invaluable allies. ✨ #SpaceMicrobes

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-02-space-heavy-machines-microbes-harvest.html

Space travel itself isn't what creates the space bug, but the unique conditions on the space station have allowed it to evolve. #SpaceMicrobes

Our most valuable future copilots in space will be a lot smaller than we imagine.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/biorock-iss-research-microbes-space
#space @NASA #spacemicrobes

I love engineering challenges like this one: The lunar loo challenge. #space #moon #nasa #spacemicrobes https://apple.news/ADQy_7lhKQrW-effxNgjhBw

The #SAGAnWorkshop at Jet Propulsion Lab is underway! @CSUSM, @ucdavis, and @aamuedu undergrads will be assembling the genomes microbes sampled from returning spacecraft! Thanks @davidacoil @spacemicrobes @AstrobioMike @Guillaumejospin for helping to make this happen! @csusm_csm

Kind of the coolest thing ever to say you've taught a workshop at @NASAJPL. I'm both humbled and filled with giddy glee! Thanks @spacemicrobes @davidacoil @AstrobioMike @Guillaumejospin for being amazing #SAGAnWorkshop co-organizers! 😍

First pub out @CSUSM with 7 @cstem_csusm student co-authors in collab w/ @NASAJPL, @ucdavis, and @aamuedu from a workshop where students assembled spacecraft-associated microbial genomes! https://mra.asm.org/content/9/26/e00354-20.
H/T @spacemicrobes @davidacoil @Guillaumejospin...

My amazing colleague @arunsethuraman gifted me this mug with my first pub since coming to CSUSM. So cool to have this incredible experience memorialized with 7 CSUSM ugrads, @davidacoil, @AstrobioMike, @spacemicrobes, and others. Spacecraft microbes!!