• Health
  • Science
  • U.S.
  • Technology
  • Business
  • World
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Sports

Building a Better World

News and information

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team

Scientists are about to blast something into space that will shock you

February 18, 2017 By Dan Taylor

Scientists are about to blast something into space that will shock you

A new NASA mission to the International Space Station involves cargo that is more than a little unorthodox.

Science involves doing some crazy things sometimes, but NASA’s latest mission to the International Space Station involves sending an antibiotic-resistant superbug into orbit. The bug will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center launch complex.

NASA is working in conjunction with researcher Dr. Anita Goel to understand more about how superbugs mutate by observing it in a zero-gravity environment. Specifically, they’ll be sending up Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA or staph.

The bug causes health problems like pneumonia and bloodstream infections. The ISS is the perfect place to conduct experiments on it, as it is basically an orbiting lab that already cares out hundreds of experiments each and every day.

“We are excited to put MRSA on the International Space Station and investigate the effects of microgravity on the growth and mutation patterns of these bugs,” Goel said at a NASA news conference recently “I have this hypothesis that microgravity will accelerate the mutation patterns. If we can use microgravity as an accelerator to fast-forward and get a sneak preview of what these mutations will look like, then we can essentially build smarter drugs on Earth.”

Sharing

Facebooktwittergoogle_plusredditpinterestlinkedintumblrmail

Filed Under: Front Page, Science

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow Us

Facebookrss

Search:

Recent Posts

  • NASA’s InSight spacecraft makes important course correction May 26, 2018
  • Scientists outraged at latest Trump decision May 15, 2018
  • Huge uproar erupts over major incident at Utah park May 13, 2018
  • Incredible moon discovery stuns scientists May 12, 2018
  • Authorities shocked by discovery about common painkiller May 6, 2018
  • Outrageous crocodile experiment stuns scientists May 5, 2018
  • Great Barrier Reef is too quiet, scientists say May 1, 2018
  • Massive Hiroshima bomb discovery shocks scientists May 1, 2018
  • Earth will be slammed by massive asteroid April 29, 2018
  • Teens are doing something incredibly alarming in schools April 29, 2018
  • Huge discovery in Tasmania stuns scientists April 28, 2018
  • Shocking discovery in New Jersey stuns authorities April 22, 2018
  • Huge volcanic explosion could wipe out the United States April 21, 2018
  • Huge controversy erupts over world’s hottest pepper April 15, 2018
  • SpaceX is about to do something astonishing April 15, 2018

Copyright © 2022 Jones Kilmartin Group, LLC · Metro Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress