In aid of space week Clare is looking up into the sky with Dr Katherine Baxter about the exciting field of space microbiology. They chat about how research in space could help with problems back on earth, how microbes behave in space and how they might be key to survival in future space travel. 

The details of the ways to get involved are below. If you're in need of even more space content, keep your eye out for the next edition of Microbiology Today. 

The NASA Open Science Data Repository: https://awg.osdr.space/ 
The SOLSTICE citizen science project: https://www.nasa.gov/osdr-working-groups-citizen-science/.  

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Looking up at space microbiology

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