Students' Space Recycling Experiment Launch

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A student research team from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak State College developed an experiment to help astronauts recycle materials during deep-space missions. The experiment uses fungi to investigate bioleaching, a process that removes and recycles heavy metals from electronic components in microgravity, aiming to address resource management challenges for long-term space habitation. The project was selected to fly aboard the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 19.