# Biomining in Space

As humans plan expeditions to places such as the Moon and Mars, biomining could offer a way to obtain needed materials on other planetary bodies rather than bringing them from Earth. However, microbes and rocks interact differently outside of Earth’s gravity, potentially affecting output from extraterrestrial biomining. A new investigation on the International Space Station is studying how microbes grow on and alter planetary rocks in microgravity and simulated Martian gravity. Read more:

https://go.nasa.gov/2JHgJX5

Learn more about the research being conducted on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Follow Twitter updates on the science conducted aboard the space station: https://twitter.com/iss_research

HD Link: https://archive.org/details/jsc2019m000619_Biomining_in_Space-MXF

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2019
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Johnson
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biomining_in_Space.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/143032446?play=1)