11.22.2008

Mushrooms Growing in International Space Station

According to Aleksandr Sprin with the Russian mission control:

"If there’s not enough ventilation in the bathroom then, because it’s damp, the bacteria grows into a fungus. The cosmonauts were apparently hanging their wet towels in the bathroom and then they noticed that on the back wall there were fungi (or mushrooms) growing. The fungi are now being removed with some chemical cleaner."

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