Aditya Hindupur, lead scientist for the BioNutrients experiment, inspects a production pack after removing it from an incubator in a lab at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

A Fresh Take: NASA BioNutrients for Future Artemis Missions

A biology experiment called BioNutrients is testing a way to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space. The experiment is now more than halfway through a five-year trial aboard the International Space Station.

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