Fathi Karouia

ReviewArticles in Press105431 1International IVF Initiative Inc, New York, NY, USA 2IVF 2.0 Ltd., London, UK 3Institute of Life, IASO, Athens, Greece 4Vitalab, Johannesburg, South Africa 5Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA 6Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 7Aerospace...

Results A total of 803 paired environmental surface samples were collected on board the USOS of the ISS during Expedition 64 (737 surface swabs and 66 controls, Figures 1A and 1B). More samples were collected from ISS modules with higher occupancy. Each sample underwent amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing, along with untargeted metabolomics (Figure 1C).

Abstract The recent acceleration of commercial, private and multi-national spaceflight has created an unprecedented level of activity in low Earth orbit, concomitant with the largest-ever number of crewed missions entering space and preparations for exploration-class (lasting longer than one year) missions. Such rapid advancement into space from many new companies, countries and space-related entities has enabled a ‘second space age’.