Microbiome Body Sampling Operations
iss042e021395 (12/5/2014) --- A view of Microbiome swab kit containing Microbiome samples from various physical surfaces prior to being stowed in MELFI or GLACIER. The Study of the Impact of Long-Term Space Travel on the Astronauts' Microbiome (Microbiome) experiment investigates the impact of space travel on both the human immune system and an individual’s microbiome (the collection of microbes that live in and on the human body at any given time).
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iss042e021395
Date Created
December 5, 2014
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JSC
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image
Photographer
Samantha Cristoforetti
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