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Plankton Found on Space Station

HELLO THERE

Made it there from atmosphere.

According to a Russian news agency report, Russian scientists on the International Space Station have found sea plankton on the outside of the station. The plankton was found while taking samples from the windows. According to the agency, this means “that some organisms can live on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS) for years amid factors of a space flight, such as zero gravity, temperature conditions and hard cosmic radiation. Several surveys proved that these organisms can even develop.” It is believed that the plankton made it up there by being blown up by air currents on Earth.

Read it at The Guardian