Space Stations

Offworld Biotech: Handling Microbial And Botanical Samples

By Keith Cowing

Status Report

NASA

June 21, 2026

Filed under astronaut, Jessica Meir, Microgravity, Sample Return, space life science, space station

Offworld Biotech: Handling Microbial And Botanical Samples — Iss074e0711168 (June 14, 2026) Credit: NASA/Chris Williams larger image

NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Jessica Meir activates tubes filled with microbial and botanical samples associated with a variety of student-designed experiments inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module.

Astrobiology, space biology,

Keith Cowing

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member 🖖🏻

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