Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, April 3- A research report recently released by the Institute of Medical Biology Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences stated that experiments have shown that cotton masses placed on the outer surface of the International Space Station can protect some microorganisms from being exposed to ultraviolet radiation in space.
Academy of Sciences According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 3rd, experts from the above-mentioned institutes introduced at the Korolev Astronautics Video Report held in Moscow a few days ago that in a space experiment carried out from 2017 to 2019, astronauts will be infected.
The report said that the research results showed that the cotton mass gradually turned yellow during the experiment, and its cotton fibers were disintegrated due to high doses of space ultraviolet radiation.
According to Jeshevaya, the research director of the research institute, in this experiment, the state of microorganisms will undergo changes that they did not have on the ground.
Jeshevaya said that this experiment shows that certain earth microorganisms can survive in the harsh space environment outside the spacecraft.
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