NASA, astronauts and International Space Station
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In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless "microgravity" conditions aboard the International Space Station, but the dynamics of virus-bacteria interactions differed from those observed on Earth.
Yui is part of Crew-11, which will depart the ISS ahead of schedule due to one of the astronauts experiencing a "medical concern," according to NASA. The departure will bring the joint NASA and SpaceX mission to an early end.