After undocking, Dragon maneuvered to a safe distance away from the space station and began a series of deorbit burns to place the spacecraft on a return trajectory for a planned splashdown off the ...

Chinese scientists aboard the Tiangong Space Station have identified a novel bacterial strain, Niallia tiangongensis, showcasing remarkable resilience to space stressors. This microbe's unique ...

Chinese scientists discovered a novel strain of bacterium with “unique abilities” that allowed it to thrive on the Tiangong Space Station, according to a report. The newly named Niallia ...

In October 2022, China launched the final module of its orbiting space station. Since then, it hasn’t just been astronauts aboard Tiangong—an unusual and previously unknown microbe has also ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a new microbe that developed on board the county’s Tiangong space station, according to a new study. The strain, officially named niallia tiangongensis ...

A small passenger on China's space station is in the news. During routine inspections by astronauts, scientists found something unexpected—a new bacterial species with robust survival abilities ...

A new, previously unknown strain of bacteria called niallia tiangongensis has been discovered on board China's Tiangong space station. As per the researchers, the new strain has remarkable ...

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Languages: English. Scientists have identified a new microbe that developed onboard China's Tiangong space station, according to a new study. The strain, officially named niallia tiangongensis ...