04.05.2019 - 22:45 [ NASA ]

SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts Saturday launch of CRS-17 Dragon

Another experiment, Photobioreactor, will study the feasibility of using biological processes as part of the life support system on future long-duration space missions. The experiment will cultivate microscopic algae, Chlorella vulgaris, aboard the space station’s Destiny laboratory. The algae consume carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, while also producing nutritional biomass that could be consumed by astronauts.