The International Space Station is overly sterile; making it 'dirtier' could improve astronaut health

ScienceDaily
Feb 27, 2025, 12:48 pm185 pts
Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study suggests that these issues could be due to the excessively sterile nature of spacecraft. The study showed that the International Space Station (ISS) has a much lower diversity of…

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