An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.
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Microbes mine rare metals from meteorite in zero gravity test
Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...
ISS BioAsteroid study shows bacteria and fungi can extract metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering insights for future space resource use ...
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