An Unknown Microbe Sequenced in Space for the First Time

In July 2016, while aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Kate Rubins successfully sequenced mouse DNA that was delivered to her from Earth. This made Rubins the first person ever to identify an organism’s DNA while working entirely in space. However, last month, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson one-upped her.On December 18, NASA released a statement which announced that Whitson is officially the only person to take DNA samples from unknown microbes f