ESA Launches Trial To Create Protein In LEO

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixes protein crystal samples onboard the ISS.

Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixes protein crystal samples onboard the International Space Station in 2019. 

Credit: NASA
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a project led by OHB System to explore the creation of protein in low Earth orbit to support future space exploration missions. The first eight months of the program will focus on developing the gas-fermentation technology to produce Solein—an animal-free...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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